Venezuelan Finance and Planning Minister, Jorge Giordani, reported last week that it's “perfectly possible” for the South American nation's GDP to grow by 5 percent in 2012 as a result of the current government's social spending and housing construction plans.
This Tuesday military chief Henry Rangel Silva revealed that over 40,000 hectares of land had been recovered and 15,000 people freed from conditions of “slavery” as part of Plan Caura, the Venezuelan government’s anti-illegal mining project.
Due to increased electricity use as well as the global need to save energy, the Venezuelan government is implementing a number of measures to encourage the private, public, and domestic sectors to reduce usage.
The Venezuelan government has banned trade and possession of wildlife species in some states, and is also implementing a special turtle preservation program.
The Venezuelan government signed an agreement with China last Thursday to build and launch a second satellite, this time for environmental management, urban planning, agricultural activity, climate and climate change monitoring, containment of the advance of desertification, and attending to and mitigating extreme conditions.
The Venezuelan government has invested an average of $600 million per year since 1999 to improve access to potable water and water treatment systems, according to Rodolfo Roa, director of the Environment Ministry.
The Venezuelan health ministry and the state government of Merida have closed schools, prohibited large meetings and social activities, are providing free vaccinations, and conducting an informational campaign to prevent a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, in both Merida and nationwide.
In the aftermath of last Friday’s tragic earthquake, president Hugo Chávez sent his condolences to the Japanese people and announced his decision to halt a bi-lateral nuclear development agreement signed between Venezuela and Russia in October of last year.
In his speech to the National Assembly on Tuesday, Venezuelan Executive Vice President Elias Jaua highlighted how the Chavez administration successfully overcame five serious crises during 2010.
Around 25 environmental projects are being developed by the government across Venezuela through the Executing Unit of the National Project for Management and Conservation of the Environment (PRONGECA), in order to guarantee a better quality of life for current and future generations.
Over the weekend, the Venezuelan government approved new funds and announced the nationalization of two companies that produce construction materials in order to accelerate a surge of public housing projects for people displaced by recent floods.
After the devastating rains that affected large areas of Venezuela’s farmlands, the Chavez administration is implementing a reconstruction plan to provide impulse to the nation’s farmers and agricultural production.
Emboldened by 267.5 tons of international humanitarian aid, the Venezuelan government intensified its effort to house, feed, provide health care to, and economically revitalize communities ravaged by recent torrential rains and floods.
