Rains and their disastrous consequences have made their presence intimately felt in the Christmas manger. In every man, woman and child, we can see the face of Joseph, Mary and Jesus. What were Joseph and Mary looking for that night in Bethlehem but a shelter so the one who would bring his beautiful deeds to the world could be born? Are our shelters today not spaces of solidarity and justice where we are seeing the birth of living hope personified in the people?
It’s time to give substance, strength, and movement to the communal
democracy. The new phase starts now in Venezuela, developing a strategy focused on
“producing food, science, and dignity” and strengthening the dynamism
of the participative and socialist democracy.
Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, twenty-eight newspapers across
the country including Venezuela's largest newspaper, Ultimas Noticias,
will publish a new column by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, according to the Ministry of Communication and
Information. Here the first column.
