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2500 farmworkers are trained at the Peasant University Argimiro Gabaldón

By Magdalena Valdez-YVKE Mundial Translated by Revolution Alimentaria. One of the founding members of the Peasant University of Venezuela Argimiro Gabaldón, Atenea Jiménez, shared this past Monday that about 2500 workers receive training in the school. “The Peasant Univerisy” was born as an iniciative of the Popular Power for the emancipation of the peasant men … Continue reading

Venezuela: Maduro rules out austerity amid falling oil prices, debate over way forward

By Steve Ellner, Puerto La Cruz It is a point of honour for the Venezuelan government that despite the sharp plunge in oil prices and acute shortages of goods, President Nicolas Maduro has ruled out austerity measures. In a recent TV interview with former vice president Jose Vicente Rangel, Venezuelan Central Bank president Nelson Merentes … Continue reading

Venezuela to Launch Subsidized Food Program for Teachers

Education workers and their families will soon be provided with their own dedicated PDVAL program. ​Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced new plans to create a subsidized food program for school teachers and other workers in the education sector. “We must create a … plan for the education (sector) that reaches communities, regions, high schools … Continue reading

Guillermo Barreto: “If we don’t guarantee water for the future, then we aren’t socialists”

Translated by Venezuelanalysis.com Apr 29th 2015, by Ciudad CCS/ Guillermo Barreto In this interview with Caracas based newspaper Ciudad CCS, Venezuela’s new Minister of Eco-Socialism, Guillermo Barreto, gives readers an insight into the government’s vision for its environment policy. The construction of three new household waste management plants in the Metropolitan District of Caracas and … Continue reading

The FAO Recognizes Venezuela in the Struggle against Hunger

Translated by Revolution Alimentaria Caracas, 21 April 2015 – The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, confirmed that he will go to Rome, Italy in June to receive, on behalf of the revolutionary government, recognition by the FAO as an example for the world in the battle against hunger and for the … Continue reading

(VIDEO) President Maduro has approved pensions for 9,017 senior citizen fishermen and fisherwomen

(see original piece in Aporrea here)   Photo caption: This quantity of beneficiaries is the result of the first census approved by the Presidential Council on Fisherfolk and Farmers of the Popular Government, in 22 federal agencies. (photo credit: VTV)   Boca del Río, Margarita, March 27, 2015- More than nine thousand senior citizen fishing men … Continue reading

Venezuelan Government Creates Ministry of Eco-socialism

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the creation of the new Ministry of Eco-socialism and Water during his weekly television program, March 24, 2015.   The governments of the Bolivarian Revolution have taken concrete steps to confront the threat of climate change. On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the creation of the Ministry of Eco-socialism … Continue reading

The Venezuelan Food Sovereignty Experiment

As I wandered through the streets of Caracas on my first trip to Venezuela nine years ago, a huge urban farm in the midst of concrete high-rises caught my attention. It wasn’t tucked away on a side street or in a residential area, but was right out in the middle of the bustling downtown. I … Continue reading

The Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil Rejects Interventionist Sanctions of the US against Venezuela

Translated by Christina Schiavoni (Revolución Alimentaria)from: http://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n265344.html) Brazil, February 15, 2015—The Landless Workers Movement of Brazil expressed its profound rejection of the unilateral interventionist sanctions made by the US government against the homeland of Bolivar. PRESS RELEASE “… I will not allow you to insult or disparage the Venezuelan government and its rights. Defending them … Continue reading

Revolution, Counter Revolution and the Economic War in Venezuela

  A Decisive Battle is at Hand by WILLIAM CAMACARO and FREDERICK B. MILLS Source: Counterpunch In a speech outside the Miraflores palace on January 17, 2015, upon his return from a twelve day trip abroad, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro Moros addressed an expectant crowd of well wishers. Seizing the … Continue reading

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