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.
This Tuesday the president of the Republic, Hugo Chávez , approved an increase of 80% in the grants provided to the working mothers who are involved in maintaining “food houses” throughout the country.
In addition to nearly half of the annual budget being dedicated to social spending, the Venezuelan government, taking advantage of extra income from other sources such as high petroleum earnings, has assigned a further Bs 12.6 billion ($US 2.9 billion) to national development in the last week.
Over the weekend Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced his government’s plans to manage a 50% stake in the national food distribution system by the end of this year. As part of the plan, the country’s Ministry of Food and Nutrition is set to release over 100 mobile ‘areperas socialistas’ to sell the Venezuelan people their popular corn-based tortilla at worksites nationwide.
On Wednesday Venezuela marked the 12thanniversary of President Hugo Chávez’s February 1999 first oath of office. To commemorate, Chávez and supporters held four televised site visits in the nation’s capital, highlighting gains in education, food, health and people’s power that he attributed to the “Bolivarian Revolution.”
The U.S. Embassy in Caracas appears to have put in long hours examining President Hugo Chavez's efforts to build a socialist economy in Venezuela. But out of all the dense analysis springs one cable -- about the role of the humble tortilla in building a brave new world.
Celebrating the official kick-off of the holiday season, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez inaugurated the country’s second annual Christmas Food Fair last Saturday in the capital city of Caracas.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Monday the nationalization of U.S.-based glassmaker Owens-Illinois affiliates, placing 60% of Venezuela’s glass bottle industry under government ownership.
Venezuela’s representative in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Alfredo Missair, spoke on October 18 about Venezuela’s achievements in food access. He said that 14 million citizens (about half of the population) now have access to food at fair prices.
The Venezuela government has taken possession of a massive country estate formerly belonging to the wealthy banker and fugitive from justice, Nelson Mezerhane.
