Venezuela in images

Dancers from across Venezuela took to the streets of Sabana Grande Boulevard in Caracas last weekend to round off the capital’s week-long “Caracas on foot” dance festival.  Primarily held to commemorate “International Dance Day,” the event was also a celebration of the various public parks, squares and sidewalks which have been regenerated by the government for recreational public use.

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Over April and May each year, during the flowering season in Venezuela, a range of public authorities, community organisations and schools take part in National Seed Gathering Days, collecting thousands of kilograms of seeds for planting new forest as part of the government’s Mission Arbol (the Tree Mission).

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At 7am every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, a Cuban with the Mission Barrio Adentro Sports sets himself up in a nearby plaza to give an exercise class to any of those who'd like to attend. In the afternoons, another Cuban runs dance-exercise classes in the park, something that has become quite popular. He also often facilitates chess games at our community events.

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Registrations for the Great Knowledge and Work Mission in Mèrida

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Following the news that Chavez was to undergo another round of surgery in Cuba this week, Venezuelans gathered outside the Teresa Carreno theatre in Caracas last Thursday to wish their president good luck and to make it clear that "nobody is surrendering here".

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Last week myself and members of the Communal Council La Columna, in Merida, gave a workshop on grassroots power and community organisation  to over one hundred militia trainees from the military barracks in our community.

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