144,061 homes were constructed during 2011 as part of the Venezuelan government’s mass house building program, the Great Housing Mission (GMV), representing 96% of the 150,000 construction goal for that year.
On Thursday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced the creation of the country’s National Public Works Company, a new government institution aimed at managing and maintaining all publicly-owned construction equipment.
Different members of the various community organisations that form part of the 'Popular Committees for the Bicentenary’ in El Recreo, Caracas, come together in a cultural day promoting typical Venezuelan food and drinks.
By Degnis Merlo – Venezuela de Verdad, Apr 5th 2011
Neighbours in the Antonio Jose de Sucre Commune work together, managing funding, projects, and training, and get results in an environment that can sometimes become hostile.
Indepabis, the government Institute for the Defence of People’s Access to Goods and Services, is issuing fines, promoting a free denunciation phone number, and calling for greater communal council involvement in order to combat current scarcities being experienced in Venezuela.
Cooke responds to Les Blough's critiques of his original article, asking if the revolution in is Venezuela stable enough to enjoy indefinite time, or are there warning signs - including widespread dissatisfaction among working people and the poor - that could quickly undo the revolution.
Late last night Venezuela’s National Assembly approved the new Organic Law of Popular Power, and this afternoon it passed the Organic Law of Popular and Public Planning. The two laws form part of a group of five “popular power” laws that aim to transform the state structures of planning and decision making to involve more grassroots organisations.
Yesterday, President Hugo Chavez announced the creation of a new bank card that can be used to purchase food at controlled prices in new community run supermarkets called “Biceabastos,” and to maintain accounts in a new system of communal banks linked to state owned banks.
Venezuela's communal councils are an effort to combat red tape and the corruption related to it. They are also the product of a long history of movement politics.
