Tag: Social policy
Venezuela Allocates 78% of the 2025 Budget to Social Investment
The budget project comes amid favorable expectations for the Venezuelan economy On Tuesday, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez presented the 2025 Economic and Financial Budget Bill to the National Assembly (AN). The proposed budget amounts to $22.6 billion, with 77.7% of this total allocated to social investment. RELATED: Venezuela and Equatorial Guinea Discuss Strategic Agreements […]
December 3, 2024
Great Missions Are the Core of Social Transformation in Venezuela
Through missions and grassroots organizations, Venezuela is building a socialist, humanist, and direct democracy. Despite the U.S. economic war unleashed against the Bolivarian nation, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has managed to promote projects that have enabled the construction of 5 million social housing units and food self-sufficiency in this South American country. RELATED: Shielding of […]
July 23, 2024
US and the Right Seek to Steal CITGO From Venezuela: President Maduro
Venezuela disavows the CITGO transaction due to its disregard for economic guarantees and the right to property defense. On Monday, President Nicolas Maduro denounced that the Venezuelan far-right and the United States are deploying a maneuver to execute the theft of the company CITGO. RELATED: Pollsters Show Nicolas Maduro as Candidate With More Than 50% […]
June 18, 2024
Venezuelan Social Housing Program Reaches Five Million Dwellings
The economic war against the Bolivarian nation couldn’t stop the Housing Mission, President Maduro pointed out. On Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro delivered the 5,000,000th house built through the Great Mission Venezuela Housing, a social program initiated by late President Hugo Chavez in 2011. RELATED: Venezuelan Military Destroys 84 Illegal Mining Structures “We have reached the […]
June 7, 2024
Argentine Judge Forces Milei to Distribute Stored Food
While 51 percent of Argentines live in poverty, the Milei administration kept 5,000 tons of food abandoned in warehouses. By order of Judge Sebastian Casanello, President Javier Milei was forced to distribute food that was intended for social assistance programs for the poorest Argentines. RELATED: Argentina: March for Gender Equality and Rights On Tuesday, the Argentine […]
June 4, 2024
20,000 Pastors Join the Venezuelan Social Protection System
On Wednesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held a meeting with over 17,000 Christian pastors on the Puerto Cabello boardwalk in Carabobo state. RELATED: Venezuela Rejects Being Defined as a US National Threat During that massive meeting, the Bolivarian leader made several announcements related to policies to strengthen this South American country’s welfare system. Among them […]
March 7, 2024
Brazilian President Lula Delivers Over 1,382 Social Dwellings
On Tuesday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva inaugurated 1,382 social housing units whose construction began in 2010 and were only completed once he returned to the presidency. RELATED: Brazil Ended 2023 With the Lowest Unemployment Rate in 9 Years “There is no explanation for these residential complexes having been paralyzed for so long,” Lula said […]
February 6, 2024
Brazil to Provide Aid to Poor Students to Finish High School
On Friday, President Lula da Silva announced a program through which the Brazilian government will provide assistance of up to US$1,880 to low-income students completing the three years of high school. RELATED: El Niño Prompts Increase in Dengue Cases in Brazil The Brazilian leader stated that this investment in education would prevent many young people […]