Venezuela: Táchira State Showcases Community-Led Development Through Popular Consultations

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The state of Táchira in southwestern Venezuela is demonstrating successful community-led governance through its popular consultation process. The regional government has transferred resources directly to local communities, enabling projects like sports field renovations and equipping civil protection units with motorcycles and first-aid kits. This fourth popular consultation will select 1,573 community projects, showcasing a self-government model that prioritizes local decision-making. Residents emphasize that these initiatives not only improve living conditions but also reinforce national sovereignty against external pressures.

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00:00This is the city of San Cristobal, capital of the state of Tashira, located in the Andean region

00:04in the southwest of the country, where the citizens are known for their friendliness and hospitality.

00:09Here in Tashira, we are very happy because we have the San Sebastian Fair, which is one of the

00:16best fairs in Venezuela. It is called the San Sebastian Fair, and we really enjoy the friendship

00:22with everyone who comes here, with the foreigners, with those who come to us. We are all brothers

00:27and sisters, and we really have to come together and be brothers and sisters to all, and to

00:32those we can give love, we give love.

00:36This region has also been present in popular consultations, consolidating various socio-productive

00:43projects in its 236 communities and communal circuits. Among these projects is the repair

00:49and beautification of a sports field.

00:51The people's power is organized, the people's power determines the priorities, and then the

01:01government gives the money to the people's power, and the people's power transforms for

01:05the better. On this occasion, the Tashira government transferred resources to the people's power,

01:12and this previously abandoned and dilapidated sports field is now as good as new. It seems

01:18incredible, but only the people can save the people.

01:24Another of their completed projects was the acquisition of for motorcycles and first aid

01:30kits for the civil protection unit.

01:34A delivery of motorcycles to protect our men and women who are constantly on emergency duty,

01:39because we are a municipality with a high level of risk due to the area, and civil protection

01:42is always there to keep an eye on things. We continue here from the municipality of Torbs,

01:47with the support of our President Nicolas Maduro, and our governor, because one of these projects

01:51was financed directly by the government of the state of Tashira, and the other by the

01:55federal council. It was a single project, but in this consultation, President Nicolas Maduro

02:00decided that there should be two projects for each commune circuit.

02:03They assured that the popular consultation are proof that the country guarantees its sovereignty

02:11and peace, despite the aggressions of the U.S. government.

02:14So tomorrow we will get up early, organized as we are, with great awareness to vote for popular

02:24projects, and at the same time we are reaffirming that we are a sovereign people, independent

02:31from any foreign power, that we are not warlords, but are also organizing to guarantee peace.

02:38In this way, the state of Tashira is preparing to hold the fourth popular consultation in which

02:491,573 community projects will be selected for the benefit of its inhabitants, demonstrating the

02:55success and social impact of the new model of self-government, promoted by the national government.

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