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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL. 1:
ISSUE. 38, 7th December 2015
PRESIDENT MADURO: I could say that the economic war and all that strategy that irritates the people won. The head of state said that despite the I could say that the economic war has triumphed, the strategy won, the savage adverse outcome the effort will not stop, "it capitalism policy has circumstantially will continue as never before to defend the succeeded, the President of the Republic, missions and social projects."` Nicolas Maduro, said early Monday, minutes On other issues he reiterated his call after the president of the National Electoral for peace and democracy as routing paths for Council (CNE ), Tibisay Lucena, offered the a better future of Venezuela. results of parliamentary elections held on "We always accept the results, we Sunday December 6th and in which the never hide and here we are to face reality," right was the winner. he said a few minutes before from the He explains that when he says that Miraflores Palace. the economic war waged by sections of the www.hoyvenezuela.info right has won it is because the fear campaign that was introduced in society inhibited a significant percentage of the population. He recalled that the Venezuelan people have been subjected in a cruel way to the capitalist attacks in recent months after suffering the scarcity and privatization of essential goods, in this sense he called the revolutionary people to "agree" and stop the economic warfare forces which have been sown in the homeland.
Inside this Issue!
Pg1. PRESIDENT MADURO: I could say that the economic war and all that strategy that irritates the people won. Pg2. Yutong bus factory will produce 3,600 buses in 2016 Pg3. The “Curagua” is the fourth cultural heritage of the country. Pg4. Kigali to host science centre of excellence HQs
Yutong bus factory will produce 3,600 buses in 2016
The Yutong bus factory inaugurated this Wednesday, December 2nd by President Nicolás Maduro in Yaracuy state, north western Venezuela, will produce 14 buses per day and a total of 3,600 per year. The information was given by the national coordinator of transportation, Haiman El Troudi, who was along with president Maduro during the bus factory’ s inauguration. “Production on the Yutong bus factory starts formally today, which is the most important bus plant in Venezuela with state-of-the-art technology (…) it will become the most important bus assembling- plant in Latin America and the Caribbean, “ said El Troudi. He also announced that the government has signed 30 agreements with Venezuelan companies that will provide components and parts for bus production.
The bus factory will first produce 3 buses per day, 90 per month. Meanwhile, president Maduro said that Venezuela will be independent in the bus production. He added that this new factory will allow Venezuela to export buses to the Alba, Mercosur, Unasur and Petrocaribe countries. Maduro thanked to the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, for the support given to build the bus plant. According to Maduro, the plant creates 120 local jobs; 38 workers were trained in China. New workers are expected to join by 2016, previous Chinese www.hoyvenezuela.info
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The “Curagua” is the fourth cultural heritage of the country. Venezuela has a new achievement in the list of intangible cultural heritage of Humanity, on being approved at the Tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding, meeting in Windhoek in Namibia, the incorporation of “The knowledge and traditional technologies related to the cultivation and processing of Curagua”.
This refers to the existing tradition in the area of Aguasay, in Monagas state, of the planting and processing of Curagua” plant from the bromeliad family, from whose "pads" a highly resistant fiber is extracted that the village artisans use for making hammocks and other utensils.
The announcement was made by the Minister of People’s Power for Culture, Reinaldo Iturriza, who emphasized that this time Venezuela gets its fourth recognition after it was presented before the Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi, the Parranda of San Pedro and the Mapoyo Language, which is in danger of extinction.
The Minister Iturriza highlighted that it was a great satisfaction for Venezuela the fact that it is recognized, once again, one of our ancestral traditions, noting that for the Bolivarian government it is a compromise that involves guarding the same, as well as observing and caring for them all, especially those that are endangered.
“The knowledge and traditional technologies related to the cultivation and processing of Curagua” is the title of the document submitted by Venezuela to the Committee of Unesco.
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Kigali to host science centre of excellence HQs The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences is set to establish a regional centre of excellence in the country.
This was announced by the Institute’s founder Neil Turok while briefing journalists shortly after his meeting with President Paul Kagame at Urugwiro Village, yesterday. Founded in 2013, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a tertiary education and research institution with a presence in five African countries. Its mission is to enable Africa’s brightest students to flourish as independent thinkers, problem solvers and innovators capable of propelling future scientific, educational and economic self-sufficiency, it says. The centre of excellence will also serve as the institution’s headquarters on the continent. The centre will be the sixth of its kind on the African continent after similar establishments in Cameroon, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana and Tanzania. Toruk said that the decision to bring such a centre of excellence to Rwanda and turn it into their main base in Africa was informed by the country’s “exceptional” achievements and strides in infrastructure development as well as its emphasis on developing capacities among the youth. He noted that the institution’s mission resonated well with the country’s development aspirations and goals. “This is the ideal place to create a centre for enabling young Africans to become scientific leaders, technological leaders as well as entrepreneurial leaders,” Turok said. The centre of excellence will focus on postgraduate studies; Masters and PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy) with the first intake due August next year. They expect to receive up to 3000 applications.
The institute was formed through a partnership of world leading universities.Toruk also announced plans to launch a Quantum Leap Africa Research Centre in Rwanda that will be involved in the study of the successor of the digital era. Education minister Papias Musafiri described the move as an important development not only for Rwanda but the entire region. He expressed the government’s readiness to facilitate accomplishment of the project. Among other top global varsities with a presence in Kigali is Carnegie Mellon University, an American based university which opened a campus in Rwanda in 2013. The institution seeks to facilitate implementation of the continent’s bold ICT strategy under the Smart Africa Manifesto – which puts ICT at the centre of social economic development. Rwanda is also set to host a centre of excellence on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) following the country’s strong gains under the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). editorial@newtimes.co.rw
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