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IS NOT A THREAT
WE ARE HOPE Bolivarian Government of Venezuela
Ministry of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs Office of the Deputy Minister for Africa
Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Kenya, concurrent to Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia.
Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN HABITAT)
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Professor Johny Balza Arismendi
Letter From President Maduro .............................4 - 7
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Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Republic of Kenya. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN- Habitat
Venezuela gains International support...............8-9
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Religious leaders reject international media campaign against the Bolivarian Revolution. ............................10 - 11
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Venezuela in solidarity with PanAfrica leaders.....12 - 13
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Venezuela calls for the reform and democratization of the United Nations..............14 - 15
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Social missions have played a crucial role in eradicating hunger in Venezuela..........16 - 19
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Speech of the Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,.....20 - 21
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Barrio Nuevo, Barrio Tricolor: Transforming the habitat with the power of communities........22-23
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pages also “Our serve to publicize and disseminate some of the social achievements as part of public policies carried out by our Bolivarian government in Venezuela.
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We put in your hands the bulletin for March, April and May 2015. As we have said this is our tool to disseminate some of the tasks accomplished in our bilateral and multilateral efforts. Our pages also serve to publicize and disseminate some of the social achievements as part of public policies carried out by our Bolivarian government in Venezuela. Public policies, that caters for the needs of our population in priority areas such as health, housing, education and others. Despite the economic and media war against Venezuela, despite the measures imposed from the US by Mr. Obama, our country becomes a hope for the poor, the dispossessed, and the oppressed of the world. It becomes a hope to resolve substantive social problems that have been recognized by international organizations for excelling in fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations for 2015.
Professor Johny Balza Arismendi
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We are friends of the American people: The histories of our people have been connected since the beginning of our struggles for freedom. Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan hero, met George Washington and Thomas Jefferson during the first few years of the United States as an independent nation. They discussed about ideals such as liberty and justice, which where fundamental cocepts in our struggle for Independence. We share the idea that freedom and independence are fundamental elements for the development of our nations. The relations between our peoples have always been peaceful and respectful. Historically, we have sharedbusiness relations in strategic areas. Venezuela has always been a responsible and trustful energy provider for the American people. Since 2005, Venezuela has provided “heating oil” through subsidies for low-income communities in the United States, thanks to our company CITGO. This contribution has helped tens of thousands of American citizens survive in harsh conditions, giving them relief, and necessary support in times of need, evidencing how solidarity can create powerful alliances across borders.
Letter From President Maduro
Letter to the people of the United States: Venezuela is not a threat. We are the people of Simon Bolívar, our people believe in peace and respect for all nations.
Freedom and Independence More than two centuries ago, our fathers founded a Republic on the basis that all persons are free and equal under the law. Our nation made the greatest sacrifices to guarantee South American people their right to choose their rulers and to enforce their own laws today. The historical legacy
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of our father, Simón Bolívar, is always remembered. Bolívar was a man who gave his life so we would inherit a nation of justice and equality.
We believe in Peace, National Sovereignty and International Law
We are a peaceful people. In two centuries of independence, we have never attacked another nation. Our people live in a region of peace, free of weapons of mass destruction, and in freedom to practice all religions. We uphold respect for international law and the sovereignty of all people of the world.
We are an Open Society
We are a working people, we care for our families, and we have freedom of religion. Immigrants from around the world, live among us, whose diversity is respected. We have freedom of press and we are enthusiastic users of social media.
Incredibly, the U.S government has declared our country a threat to its national security and foreign policy. In a disproportionate action, the government of Obama has issued a “National Emergency” declaring Venezuela as a threat to its national security (Executive Order, 09-15-2015). This unilateral and aggressive measure taken by the United States Government against our country is not only unfounded and in violation of basic principles of sovereignty and self-determination under international law, but also has been unanimously rejected by all 33 nations of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the twelve member states of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). In a statement made on March 14, 2015, UNASUR reiterated its firm rejection of these coercive measures that do not contribute to the peace, stability and democracy in our region and called on President Obama to revoke his Executive Order against Venezuela.
We r e j e c t u n i l a t e r a l i s m a n d interventionism President Obama, without any authority to interfere in our internal affairs, unilaterally issued a set of sanctions against Venezuelan officials with potentially far-reaching implications, interfering in our constitutional order and our justice system.
We advocate for a multipolar world We believe that our world must be based on the rules of international law, without interference in the internal affairs of other countries. We are convinced that the relationship of respect between all the nations is the only path for strengthening peace and coexistence, as well as for assuring a more just world.
“We are the people of Simon Bolívar, our people believe in peace and respect for all nations.” We honor our freedoms and uphold our rights Never before in the history of our nations, has a president of the United States attempted to govern Venezuelans by decree. It is a tyrannical and imperial order and it pushes us back into the darkest days of the relationship between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean. In the name of our long-term friendship we alert our American brothers and sisters, lovers of justice and freedom, of the illegal aggression committed by your government on your behalf. We will not allow our friendship with the people of the United States to be affected by this senseless and groundless decision by President Obama.
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We demand 1-The U.S. Government immediately cease hostile actions against Venezuelan people and democracy. 2-President Obama abolish the Executive Order that declares Venezuela a threat to U.S. national security, as it has been requested by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). 3. The U.S. Government retracts its libelous and defamatory statements and actions against the honorable Venezuelan officials who have just obeyed our laws and our constitution.
As Simón Bolívar said “The freedom of the New World is the hope of the universe”.
Our sovereignty is sacred The principles of the founding fathers of the United States of America are followed today with the same dignity by the people of Simón Bolívar. In the name of our mutual love for national independence we want the government of President Obama to think about and rectify this dangerous precedent. We are convinced that the defense of our freedom is a right we shall never give up because the future of the humanity lies also in our country. As Simón Bolívar said “The freedom of the New World is the hope of the universe”. “Venezuela is not a threat, but a hope” “Independence or nothing” Simón Bolívar
Nicolás Maduro Moros President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
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Venezuela gains International support CELAC: “The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) expresses its rejection of the Executive Order issued by the Government of the United States of America on March 9, 2015, and considers that this Executive Order should be reversed”
UNASUR:
“The Members States of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) manifest their rejection of the Executive Order issued on March 9, 2015 by the government of the United Stated of America, for it constitutes a threat of interference against sovereignty and the principle of nonintervention in other States’ affairs.”
G77+ China: “The Group of 77 and China deplores these
measures and reiterates its firm supportfor the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. In this regard, the Group of 77 and China emphasizes the need to respect international law, including the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration of Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.”
ALBA: “Reiterate the validity of the historic Declaration of Cumana, Venezuela, signed by the member countries of the ALBA-TCP on April 17th, 2009 and the need to build a new relationship between the two Americas, based on the principles set forth in the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace including the respect for the inalienable right of every State to choose its political, economic, social and cultural system, as an essential condition of ensuring the peaceful coexistence of the peoples of the Americas.”
MNOAL: “The Coordinating Bureau of the Non Aligned Movement
deplores these disproportionate measures and reiterates its firm support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in line with the Bandung Principles. In this regard, the CoB NAM emphasizes the need to respect international law, including the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration of Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.”
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Caracas, May 2, 2015 (MPPRE) The Minister of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs, Delcy Rodriguez, met with the Rev. Carmelo Alvarez, International Missionary of the Christian Church “Disciples of Christ” and the Church “United Church of Christ of the United States and Canada”, in which the religious leader on behalf of these theological institutions, rejected international media campaign against the Bolivarian revolution. To the meeting attended Bishop Gamalier Lugo, president of the Venezuelan Evangelical Pentecostal Union, the bishop Elida Quevedo, president of the women of the Church and director of the Center for Theological Venezuelan Studies and the Rev. Ramon Castillo, bishop of the Venezuelan Evangelical Church and chairman of the Martin Luther King foundation, who reiterated their support and willingness to facilitate contact with international religious organizations, with the message of peace that day by day builds the Bolivarian process. The assistants expressed unconditional solidarity with the people and Government of Venezuela who face the international media matrix, which seeks to discredit the
efforts for unity and integration undertaken by the Revolution. In this sense, the Puerto Rican Carmelo Alvarez, expressed the need to address the media manipulation against the revolutionary process taking place in Venezuela and stressed that there are progressive churches in America who are in favor of peace, “we want to counteract any attempt to misinterpret what is happening here in Venezuela, “he said. Alvarez said that for American society, religion is very important, so urged the religious sector to raise awareness about the truth of Venezuela, a decisive action to consolidate international support. He also said be committed to the Minister Delcy Rodriguez to talk and build bridges of communication with the churches, to address the media manipulation that seeks to obstruct and destroy the Bolivarian Revolution. Meanwhile, the Rev. Ramon Castillo, stressed the importance of building ties with international
religious organizations to revitalize the solidarity actions with the Homeland of Bolívar. “The advantage that we have as Christians and religious sectors in general is the relationship with brothers and international ecclesiastical institutions.” The Rev. Castillo expressed that representatives of the Christian Church “Disciples of Christ” and the “United Church of Christ of the United States” have corroborated what the true situation in Venezuela is; they have spoken with popular sectors and have maintained a very important dialogue that allows support to Venezuela in the context of the imperial threats. Finally the religious representatives expressed the chancellor Rodriguez their commitment and willingness to revitalize the work of international support and encourage the exchange network with religious groups in the United States to strengthen international solidarity efforts.
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1. SAMORA MACHELL 1933 – 1986. Mozambique.
4. JULIUS NYERERE 1922 – 1999. Tanzania
“The battle ahead is critical, it is aimed at the expulsion of imperialism from Africa (...) decolonization is not simple geographical transfer of the center of decision making... It is to dismantle the political, administrative, cultural systems ....”
“Socialism, like democracy, is a mental attitude ... It has nothing to do with the possession or non-possession of wealth. Destitute people can be potential capitalists, oppressors of their fellow human beings. Similarly, it could be a millionaire socialist, who could give value to their wealth just because it can be used in the service of others. But the individual who uses wealth for the purpose of dominating their neighbours is a capitalist. “
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2. KWAME NKRUMAH 1909 – Guinea. 1972 – Guinea Conakry. “Fellow Ghanaians: Finally the battle has ended, and Ghana, your beloved country is free forever. From now on there is a new Africa in the world, and this new Africa is ready to wage its own battle. We will show that after all the black man is capable of handling their own affairs. We will demonstrate to the world, the other nations and the young people that we are ready to drive our destiny.”
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5 5. JOMO KENYATTA “1893 – 1978. Kenia. “When the whites came, we had the land. They brought the Bible and taught us to pray with our eyes shut. When we opened them, they had the land and us the Bible”
3. NELSON MANDELA 1918 – 2013 Sudáfrica
6. MUAMMAR KADHAFI 1942 - 2011 Libia.
“I have fought against white domination and black domination. I have wanted an ideal democracy and a free society in which all people live in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal for which I want to live and achieve. But if it were necessary, it would also be an ideal for which I am willing to die.”
“The party only represents a fraction of the people, while popular sovereignty is indivisible. The party governs on behalf of the people, but the correct thing is not to substitute the people.”
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island north of Venezuela, Margarita , to share with us this summit that we hope that deepens further this historic moment of the nonaligned “countries. United for Equality
Venezuela calls for the reform and democratization of the United Nations Arreaza said “is not simply not be aligned with a power and its sphere of influence, today’s challenge is bigger, is more diffuse, is not to be aligned with the injustice of not being aligned and fight wars, is not to disrespect to the International Law and fight against neocolonialism in any form, fight against hunger and not be aligned with the discrimination or domination in any form. 14
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Indonesia, April 25, 2015. Venezuela as an observer country in the Asia Africa Conference, raised again his voice from the Republic of Indonesia, with the participation of Vice President Jorge Arreaza in the plenary scheduled for the day’s work, where he emphasized that today, the people of the world are facing a major challenge.
joining the three blocks from the world that are, Asia-Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. “We have a responsibility and in us lay the largest reserve of not only natural resources, population, energy, but also the highest moral and ethical reserve in the world”.
Arreaza said “is not simply not be aligned with a power and its sphere of influence, today’s challenge is bigger, is more diffuse, is not to be aligned with the injustice of not being aligned and fight wars, is not to disrespect to the International Law and fight against neo-colonialism in any form, fight against hunger and not be aligned with the discrimination or domination in any form. In this sense the vice president sent a message of unity, advocating on justice, equality, after making important proposals aimed at providing more welfare to the people, not only in Latin America but the world.
He recalled the words of Che Guevara at the Summit of Asia and Africa in 1965 from Algeria, “talking about the dangers of colonialism, neo-colonialism, imperialism, told us that before them, countries and peoples aware of their duties, dangers of this situation of economic and political sacrifices, which can never march separately and then form a large block, a pact which in turn helps new countries to free themselves not only political power but also from the economic imperialist power “.
He explained the said issues could be part of the agenda at the meeting of Non-Aligned Countries, to be held from 27 September to 2 October in Margarita Island, Venezuela. “The reform and democratization of the United Nations, the rejection of the violation of the Public National Law with the unilateral use of force, the need to transform the architecture of the outdated international financial system that no decision made in favor of peoples, the rejection of the concentration of wealth in few hands, while poverty expands into many hands. “ The deputy president referred to the fundamental role played by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which has a significant unification from Mexico, through Central America and the Caribbean and all of South America, for which he considered important
In this regard, he acknowledged that the Commander Hugo Chavez firmly believed in SouthSouth cooperation. “During the years that he was in charge of the Bolivarian Revolution and the people of Venezuela, he did nothing but engage and to give his life to ensure the union between our peoples.” At the same time, he celebrated that today corresponds to Venezuela be part of an historic moment in the 60 years since the genesis of the Non-Aligned Movement. “It’s a kind invitation, but also strategic, President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, sends you his greetings, his embrace and we look forward to the Heads of States of the Non-Aligned Movement, on a beautiful
Arreaza reiterated that there is an intense struggle for sovereignty and respect for the people, noting that the end of the Cold War “did not mean the end of the history as many predicted, nor meant the end of the Movement of Non-Aligned. They tried to impose, they has been trying to impose a much more dangerous unipolar and unilateral system even more dangerous and threatening that the system itself during the Cold War. Here we are after the Cold War to fight unilateralism, promoting multilateralism, together in this summit Africa, Asia and Latin America”. This is a historic struggle driven by commanders Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, who “warned, and President Fidel still warns, on the characteristics of neo-colonialism, as many South American thinkers have expressed, is a mutation of colonialism and imperialism, because it uses subtle but perverse capital monopoly and the international financial system to continue dominate the people, as colonialism did earlier “. Given this reflection, he cited the example of Palestine where is time to be formalized the Free State of Palestine “and we can all share with the people of Palestine this good news.” Based on the ten principles of Bandug, which considered commands, the vice president of Venezuela emphasized the need to look ahead, to the freedom of peoples, “we must always defeat any form of colonialism, neocolonialism, imperialism unilateral and monopolistic; justice, is the only way to guarantee peace “. In his view, the partnership between Asia, Africa and Latin America is not only necessary but essential. “From the south, we will determine the future in freedom of the peoples of the world, from the south, with the peoples of the south, from the people of the south and for the people of the south and around the world; we must unite more than never.” The Asia-Africa Summit is comprised of 106 countries of which 54 belong to Asia and 52 in Africa. Venezuela was invited to this meeting as an observer and only representative of Latin America. The visit enabled the Vice President Jorge Arreaza also met with his Indonesian counterpart Jusuf Kalla, whom he thanked on behalf of Venezuela, the invitation to attend the Asia-Africa Conference.
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but distributed. It was very important to create the missions as an instrument, mechanism for that,” he said, while stressed that Venezuela is the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean that most decreased social inequality. He explained that distribution of wealth is key because “fighting hunger is the ability of people to get food, to have financial resources to buy them.” The more than 30 social missions running in the country have addressed about 20 million people, which has contributed significantly to the reduction of hunger, leading Venezuela to meet the Millennium Development Goals, established by the United Nations (UN) in food safety. Resende gave an overview of several missions that are, in essence, social care programs in areas such as food, education, health, social security, sports, culture, housing, transportation and recreation. He stressed the pensions granted by the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS), to workers aged 50 years and over. The number of pensioners increased from 475,514 workers in 1999 to 2,509,975 in 2013, with the goal of reaching 3,000,000. The exponential growth of social security follows
“The social security program is a good illustration. It is a very strong program for the distribution of income in the country,” said Resende.
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Caracas, 28 Abr. AVN.- Venezuela’s social missions, created during the last 12 years, have been a key to eradicate hunger in Venezuela, said the representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Venezuela, Marcelo Resende, when analyzing the food policies of a country that reversed the rate of undernourishment and achieved that more than 3,000,000 people without access to food before, now eat three times a day. In an interview with the Venezuelan News Agency, Resende said that through the social missions distribution of wealth has been more equitable, being these policies tools for social investment which rose from 37% of the national budget in 1999 to 60,7% in 2014. “Venezuela has a more equitable distribution, better income distribution. Wealth in Venezuela is not concentrated,
democratization and social integration policy carried out by the Great Mission Love for the Elderly, a program created by Commander Hugo Chavez to include fishermen, taxi drivers and housewives who despite working for years, were unable to contribute to social insurance system. “The social security program is a good illustration. It is a very strong program for the distribution of income in the country,” said Resende. Also the educational missions, as Robinson (literacy and elementary education), Ribas (high school education) and Sucre (university education), have enabled excluded sectors of the population to be reintegrated into different areas of national life. The policy of wealth distribution has been important for the creation of more than 3,000,000 jobs, reducing unemployment rate to 7.9%, the lowest in the country’s history. In addition to the educational missions, other programs to ensure public health, pay attention to sectors such as poor communities single mothers, among others, have been instrumental in reducing rate of undernourishment to less than 5% in recent years. That is why the FAO, international agency supporting countries in their struggle for the eradication of hunger, has granted Venezuela wide recognitions for its efforts in this area. cont. page 18
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Food security In this regard, Resende said that the Food Mission, together with other social programs, enhances access to food. Founded in 2003, after the coup d’etat against Hugo Chavez and oil sabotage that caused losses between 18 and 21 billion dollars for the country, this mission supplies food to national public network of over 22,000 commercial establishments between grocery stores, supermarkets and popular small stores. It is estimated that 75% of the Venezuelan population buys at least one product of this network that has been very important in the battle against the economic war being waged today by the Venezuelan people. The Mission has food centers set up in poor areas for people in street situations. Resende praised that Food Mission carries out all
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weekends open-air food markets and fairs that bring food directly to municipalities across the nation, with the particularity of offering essential products at fair prices. “Venezuela is well positioned concerning food security and sovereignty in the region,” said FAO representative while stressed that despite efforts of Latin American and Caribbean countries, the Venezuelan issue is special because is one of the few countries that continues such policy even after meeting the goal of eradicating hunger. While for FAO the first step to fight hunger is political priority, the Venezuelan case has been particular. As Resende has said, in this process, political conviction of President Chavez was fundamental. And the first step for Venezuela to succeed in reducing hunger was to enshrine in the
Constitution, food as a universal right, a decision that places the country among the nations that no longer suffer from hunger. “The Venezuelan government has a very strong social commitment, there is a very strong commitment to fight hunger,” said Resende.
for being a social program that distributes food at fair prices. for the people in the 22,000 stores in the national public network. The latest is in April this year, but also in next July, in Rome, Italy, President Nicolas Maduro will receive another recognition for the Venezuelan progress in reducing hunger.
Indeed, the political commitment to reduce inequality in Venezuela is what has led FAO to recognize Venezuela’s efforts in this area. Therefore, in 2012 the country received the first recognition of this organization. Yet, another complimentary recognition was made in 2013 for being, according to estimates by the organization, in the group of 15 countries (including Cuba, Nicaragua, Guyana, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, Chile and Brazil) that have made exceptional progress by reducing undernourishment from 13.5% in the period 19901992, to less than 5%, during the period 2010-2012. In 2014, Food Mission also received recognition
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Speech of the Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Speech of the Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jhony Balza, to the Republic of Kenya, at the second session of the Preparatory Committee (PreCOM II) of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (HabitatIII) 20
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arrangements regarding the necessary planning of sustainable and inclusive cities.
It is for me to intervene on behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at a time when Summit of the Americas 2015 just ended in Panama.
Ladies and Gentlemen
In the course of the Summit my country received the unanimous support of the Governments of Latin America and the Caribbean, who reiterated their solidarity with Venezuela by demanding the repeal of the unjust and aggressive measures of the Government of the United States against our country.
For Venezuela, the issue of housing is a right enshrined in our Constitution, recognizing in its article 82 that everyone has the right to appropriate, comfortable housing, with basic amenities that include a habitat that humanizes the family, neighbourhood and community relations. This is part of the legacy left by our Eternal Commander Hugo Chavez Frias.
It is my duty to express to the various multilateral organizations CELAC, UNASUR, ALBA -TCP and also to the Group of 77 plus China our deep appreciation. Madam President The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, endorses the declarations presented both by Egypt on behalf of the Group of 77 plus China and by Mexico on behalf of the delegations of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. In this regard, we support the holding of the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Urban Sustainable Development to be held in the sister Republic of Ecuador in 2016. We have no doubt about the role of Ecuador as host country. This Conference will aim to assess the results obtained at Habitat II and in this way strengthen global
Based on this constitutional right, in the Homeland Plan 2013-2019 our Bolivarian Government continues to promote the active participation of the people in the process of decision-making with regard to urban and rural development through the development of the Grand Venezuela Housing Mission and the novel programme Barrio Nuevo, Barrio Tricolor. We had to guarantee their right to the people. By means of our revolution, it was necessary to meet the needs of the most fragile and vulnerable sectors. We had to respond to the social inequalities generated by the wild capitalism. Today, thanks to those two programmes we are seeing favourable results in
Venezuela. These programmes, Grand Venezuela Housing Mission and the novel programme Barrio Nuevo, Barrio Tricolor, were the inspiration of the policy of our Eternal Commander Hugo Chavez Fria, continued today by our President Nicolas Maduro. You should know that Venezuela has been deepening community organization and its incorporation into the generation of alternatives to ensure a comprehensive development that will propel a sustainable urban and rural environment, for the benefit of our people. Finally, Madam President, we share the concern of the G-77 plus China as well as Latin America and the Caribbean regarding the need for developed countries to meet their commitment to contribute the right financial support, so as to enable a broad participation of the developing countries in this process and so that there may be adequate generation of capacity and a technology transfer process. Thank you very much Madam President
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Barrio Nuevo, Barrio Tricolor Tr a n s f o r m i n g t h e habitat with the power of communities
Caracas, 27 Abr. AVN.Transform comprehensively and improve the living conditions of those who live in popular areas of Venezuela is the main objective of the Great Mission Barrio Nuevo, Barrio Tricolor, which, through 73 corridors serves more than 1.1 million of families in the whole country. This social program, the number 34 created by the revolutionary government, seeks to impact on the lives of men, women and children from the poorest sectors of Venezuela, who with no other option were thrown to the periphery by the exclusionary policies of neoliberal governments of the Fourth Republic, and forced to build their homes in the beds of streams, without basic services and permanent risk. Barrio Nuevo, Barrio Tricolor was created in 2009 by the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chavez, in order to transform the popular areas, and was relaunched in November 2013 by President Maduro, who gave it the rank of Grand Mission. In the past 18 months, since it was elevated to the rank of Grand Mission, it has been invested 6.102 million dollars in the projects of redevelopment or deep humanization in neighborhoods and humble communities in the country, reported Saturday the President Nicolas Maduro, after a
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journey undertaken in the San Juan corridor. In this regard, the President reiterated that the key to achieving the objectives of this program is the active participation of the people, which he added should assume the task of beautifying, develop and transform the popular areas and improve the conditions of life of its inhabitants. The Great Mission Barrio Nuevo, Barrio Tricolor consists of five strategic vertices: popular organization, mapping tools for production and construction (resources, staffing, and equipment), promote the recognition of urban popular territory and inter-sectorial popular identification, and development of social production. All this through the Corridors, these corridors are geo-human spaces that bring together several areas to assume the planning in the re-development or deep humanization of all the communities.
plans for beautification, the Venezuelan president also said last Saturday that they are evaluating the possibility of bringing from China new machinery to strengthen and accelerate the rehabilitation of the houses by the Great Mission Barrio Nuevo, Barrio Tricolor. The President also announced the plans to install in Venezuela a branch of the Chinese construction machinery company Sany, through the VenezuelaChina agreement. “We will give everything, we already have the linkages and we will install Chinese companies here to doubling what we are bringing from China. Machines, equipment, everything for the 200 corridors, that includes two million families, continue to make progress, “said President Maduro.
It is expected that by the end of 2015 the Mission reach 2 million households, when the 200 corridos set as goal are conformed. Considering that one of the vertices of the program is the provision of tools to the corridors to advance
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“There will be plenty of those who will try to take advantage of difficult situations to keep that commitment to the restoration of capitalism, neoliberalism, to end the homeland.” Hugo Chavez December 8th 2012 “Palacio de Miraflores”, Caracas, Venezuela