1st Popular Consultation continues in Venezuela

Our correspondent Belen de los Santos updates us on the 1st Popular Consultation of the year in Venezuela. teleSUR

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00:00And once again, our correspondent in Caracas, Belén de los Santos, joins us to provide

00:04the latest updates of what is happening in this boating day in Venezuela.

00:08Hello, Belén.

00:09Welcome back to From the South.

00:10Hello, Luis, it's a pleasure to talk to you again.

00:20And as we were saying, we continue touring Caracas and we continue visiting the different

00:26communes and the communal circuits around the city.

00:29We have been touring also outside the city during the past week and today we are here

00:34to see how the boating is underway in this popular consultation.

00:39Right now, I am at the Awaking of La Cota 905.

00:45That is the name of this commune that has 10 communal councils within and it's part

00:51of the neighborhood that has the same name, La Cota 905.

00:56This is a significant neighborhood in southwestern Caracas and right behind me we are at the

01:01school where the boating is underway.

01:03You can probably see the large line of people that continue to come here to boat.

01:09There are people just coming through the doors constantly and we were just talking to some

01:14of the neighbors, some of the commune spokespersons as well.

01:18They were telling us that they are very happy, very pleased with the participation because

01:23they understand that this is a moment of true democracy.

01:28This has been, well, repeated at every center, boating center here in Caracas.

01:35It has to do with the possibility of coming to express a direct boat.

01:40And we have been talking a lot about the importance of a direct boat in order to rethink democracy,

01:46that democracy is not just going to the polls every four or five years.

01:52In Venezuela, they are trying something different and that means coming here just to express

01:57their opinions on some urgent matters.

02:00So what are they going to finance next?

02:03What does the neighborhood need?

02:05That is what this popular consultation is all about.

02:07And that brings up a lot of participation in the neighbors because of course they want

02:12to have a say on what is happening in the neighbors.

02:15Also, they have seen the results from past consultations and they want this to continue

02:21or they want to choose a different project.

02:24So that is what is happening here.

02:26And this is the first of four consultations that are going to be held this year in Venezuela.

02:31Last year, Venezuela already went on two occasions on this kind of boating of public consultation

02:36on the projects for the communes.

02:38What is the impact?

02:39What is the feeling of the people on the impact of the results of those consultations that

02:44were held last year and how they see them develop today?