Venezuela in images

Through a national assembly of spokespersons which took place in March last year, the National Association of Alternative, Free and Community Media (ANMCLA) adopted feminism, sexual and gender diversity, and the anti-patriarchal struggle as a line of action and central nexus of the organisation. From discussions realised after the meeting, an agenda of education and production workshops was planned to generate and disseminate our politics in this area of struggle.

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 a strange mixture of good and ugly- of community, culture, and government subsidised traditional hallaca ingredients with consumerism and a small doss of madness..

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Artists used paint, ornaments and glitter to transform the human body into artwork at a festival in Venezuela, showing off designs that ranged from pure fantasy to indigenous myths.

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 is the grassroots organisation and protagonism of the people, who are continually pushing to collectively transform society. These images give an insight of the people and movements driving Venezuela’s mass revolutionary politics forward, and their messages, confidence, and dignity. They were taken during the 2011 May Day march in the capital Caracas, and in the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz in April this year.

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As reported by Correo del Orinoco, the Venezuelan government, together with the private sector and international partners, is finding creative solutions to the nation’s housing deficit, including the construction of new, communal-oriented cities.

Pushing forward with its large-scale public housing program that seeks to construct two million new homes in the next 6 years, the Venezuelan government opened the doors of 602 apartments to needy families in the socialist city of Caribia in September 2011.

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Since July this year, workers at the Pronutricos-Proarepa food group factory have been engaged in mobilisation, demanding a state investigation of the company following a series of "irregularities".

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On Sunday the 12th of July, thousands of people took to the streets of Caracas demanding equality for Venezuela's gay, lesbian and bisexual community.

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