By Maria Paez Victor - Counterpunch, Apr 25th 2012
If the the international press is to be believed, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela is a dictator, a menace to the region and is driving his country to the ground. If that is so, why do his people vote for him in landslide numbers? Why does he have an enormous following of the women of his country?
The “great social missions” created over the last six months could contribute to reducing the national rate of extreme poverty from 7 to 3.5 percent in the medium term.
Thousands of Venezuelans gathered outside the country's National Assembly (AN) on Saturday to hear President Chavez give his annual speech to the nation. Each year the Venezuelan president is obliged to give an "annual report" to the legislative body accounting for the management of his government and detailing its setbacks and achievements throughout the past year.
By Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network, Nov 21st 2011
In 2000, the Bolivarian government of Venezuela embraced the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to achieve a better standard of living for the entire population. Venezuela’s remarkably rapid achievement of most of the MDGs compared to every other country in the world is a result of the Chavez government’s implementation of economic and social policies based on the principles underlying 21st century socialism.
The Venezuelan government announced that it will organise a national registration of people living in extreme poverty, and award small allowances to parents in extreme poverty with children.
One of Venezuela’s most important public institutions created to assist impoverished women through micro- credit lending celebrated its 10-year anniversary last week.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez provided information this week on his country’s social and economic achievements, especially the nation’s reduction of poverty, citing statistics from the Economic Commission for Latin America andthe Caribbean (ECLAC).
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.
Sheehan, mother of a child killed in Iraq, says she went to Venezuela for two reasons; because she was tired of the misinformation about Venezuela, and to be inspired and energized.
