VENEZUELA l A printing house for turning Venezuelans into readers

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18/11/2025 FTS 22.30 In Venezuela, specifically in GU arenas, Miranda state, sits the Imprenta de la Cultura, a place established as a key engine for editorial sovereignty. teleSUR  These and more stories now!  🌐Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.  https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K 🗣 Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98Z437Noa2tjytCt1N Web💬 https://www.telesurenglish.net/ X🧶 https://twitter.com/telesurenglish Instagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/telesurenglish/?hl=es Facebook 📱 https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglishOfficial Youtube ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuTmpLY35O3csvhyA6vrkg Tiktok👌🏼 https://www.tiktok.com/@telesurenglish?_t=8hMLCY0a6z7&_r=1

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00:00books are the heart of culture and the memory of a country in Venezuela

00:21specifically in Guarenas Miranda state since the imprenta de la cultura place

00:26is established as a key engine for editorial sovereignty with 178 employees dedicated

00:32to the mission that the end of every book should be the start of another.

00:37Our correspondent Andrea Romero shows us more.

00:53Inaugurated in 2007 by Commander Hugo Chavez, the printing house serves as a foundation

00:59for turning Venezuelans into readers.

01:01Here, writers and more can make their book a reality.

01:05The production process begins with the manuscript.

01:08Once the digital text is approved, it comes to the print shop starting the design and

01:13the pre-press phase.

01:15Here, we handle all the setup and design work for the books we make for the community.

01:26Emails come in with files texts for us to layout and prepare for a specific plate and then send

01:33over to the machines for printing.

01:37After the layout and page imposition.

01:42Once everything's ready and checked, let's go to the photolithia department.

01:49This is a high-tech critical stage where the design is transferred to a photosensitive aluminum plate.

01:57After I put the plate here, it gets marked by laser on the drum.

02:09Then I move it down, pick it up here, and from there on to another machine to process it.

02:23It burns, cleans, and comes out rubbed through these rollers, and here's the finished plate.

02:32With the plate ready, it's time to print.

02:35Depending on the book's page count, two production lines activate.

02:39The manograph rotary prints over 300 pages, both sides and folds automatically.

02:45The flatbed press handles shorter runs and prints step by step.

02:56Once sheets are printed, they are organized for the final process where the composition

03:01requires precision.

03:04You match and align, making sure every sheet is in order so the book comes out right.

03:09No repeats, all normal.

03:12First sheet, second sheet.

03:14So everything lines up, and the machine keeps going, like this.

03:22For a perfect finish, the binder transforms a set of sheets into a complete ready-to-read book.

03:27It collates, glues the cover, and trims the edges for that clean professional cut.

03:33All automatic.

03:34Y finalmente refila los bordes para darle ese corte limpio y profesional.

03:45With production complete, you see just how capable this infrastructure really is.

03:51This year, for the International Book Fair, we produced over 85,000 copies just for that

03:56event.

03:57And as our President Nicolás Maduro and Minister of Culture Ernesto Villegas have guided, we

04:02are supporting the wider printing market as well.

04:05That's about 120,000 books produced so far this year.

04:08And we are working right now to meet the current needs of Venezuela graphic arts industry with

04:13our own strength.

04:15From digital design to final copy, making a book in Venezuela is a testament of dedication.

04:21If you have any questions, please refer to me at the last 10th episode of this media review.

04:23Thanks, David.

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