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Statements of Delcy Rodriguez, Acting President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as she leads a productive day at the “Rio de Oro” Food Processing Plant. teleSUR
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00:00what can you share with us Elvis here we kicked off in 2018 with a family business
00:17that kickoff not just in 2018 but I think that this kicked off when my parents arrived
00:26with 14 years old they put us to work my father's are Portuguese with 14 years old we find out where
00:41the demands of the consumers of the taste of Venezuelans that is why we know our slogan is
00:49you know we know what you like thank you very much Elvis on 2025 last year we were reviewing with the
00:59vice president of economy when the minister of food 2025 broke all of the records in matters of
01:08we produced 125,000 tons of embutidos in 2025 and I have no doubt that this plant helped this growth
01:25and I want to share a key data the growth of consumption in 2026 in January had an increase
01:35of over 32 percent in comparison with January 2025 we were this is the path we were looking for
01:44Venezuela the Venezuelan to not stop that Venezuela grows with peace and with social peace as well
01:55we have there is a process on the way of the consultation of the amnesty law for the reconstruction
02:05and for the reconciliation sector by sector we're going to summon for this amnesty law and also for
02:12the program of coexistence of democratic coexistence and peace that from several any differences we can
02:19find each other amidst differences with respect Venezuela wants to work Venezuela wants to move forward
02:27Venezuela wants to overcome all of the difficulties Venezuela wants to triumph the illegitimate blockade
02:36on our nation from here from Caracas I want to make a contract to a pure state there we have
02:43will met governor in one of them cause reserves of the nation and I want to share with governor to
02:53share with us what how what's the experience in this institution why is so important for the meat supply
03:02in Venezuela greetings president and the ministry that are accompanying you we are here in the municipality of
03:10of of Muñoz here is an institution that is very important it was finished in during the COVID-19 pandemic era with
03:23the help of our president Nicolas Maduro it was finished in 2021 this center has a capacity of killing of 600
03:35animals animals per day and beyond the amount of animals we can sacrifice by day this is a slurry jar that belongs to the state of Apure and the ministry of agricultural land this institution is playing a key role in with the communes the communes are the ones that are providing the raw materials for this center and are the communes
04:05as well the ones as well as the ones as well as well as well as the ones that are providing with animals in this institution I want to explain for the Apure people and our presidents the work that we are doing here in a jointly manner greetings my president
04:19our recordings my president Guirma Aguilar producer of this institution that belongs to the commune Juan Yopin we are very happy to for showing the people of Venezuela what we have been doing in commune
04:26We are very happy for showing the people of Venezuela what we have been doing in commune.
04:35We, the small and medium producers, have our products here and we are compromised with our hands on the land.
04:47Along with all of the producers of this municipality and keep working, working with love, with passion.
04:57When we have our president, Nicolás Maduro, back in the homeland, he's more proud of us than ever.
05:0570 cows are received in Caracas and they go to the communes for stations.
05:14And there we have made a solidarity prize that goes to the circuits of these small markets,
05:24of the commune markets that are changed as well to the industry that is linked to the primary production of cattle
05:32and also to the great slaughter yard.
05:36Let's go, let's keep touring here.
05:39Elvis Luis says that this is the mass to make the Italian sausage.
05:45And also we have the pork sausages as well that went throughout all of this process.
05:51We can see the importance of the growth of this sector.
05:54Over 125,000 in 2025, it is reported a growth in the past 10 years as well.
06:05And this tends to the economic dialogue that we have in the economic sector,
06:12in the economic council, we were seeing the problem.
06:15We were having imports of sausages without sanitary controls.
06:20And immediately we took measures and policies of protection and accompaniment to the national industry.
06:26And this is the result. This is what we are seeing.
06:29I would like that the Minister of Economy and Industries, please explain us how this process has been in the past few months.
06:37Yes, acting president with the sector of the meat, the Venezuelan Association of Meat.
06:45We have been fulfilling your indications to detect all of these critical knots that the national production have.
06:55And thanks to the measures that you ordered us to perform,
06:59the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce for us to not allow the import of all of these
07:09such as that do not have the standard, the quality imposed by the national industry.
07:15We are in a permanent communication with our local producers that are going to help us to protect the national industry
07:22in a sector that is constantly growing.
07:25And as you can see, correct.
07:27I would like that the last meeting of the agroalimentary motor,
07:34we established that we have a reserve of 116 days.
07:41This is a permanent discussion to evaluate how the agri-food system is moving forward.
07:50We have an agri-food system at this moment in a total harmonic way.
07:56We have an agri-food system that allows us to consider strategic reserves in terms of days.
08:03We would have 116 days of food in warehouses.
08:08And to guarantee the security, the food and security of our population,
08:14and that is also united into this effort of permanent supply that allows us to have a disposition of all of the,
08:26with a great variety of products in all of the supermarkets,
08:29and the private and public distribution network that we have been as well prioritizing.
08:36And also with the markets with open skies that on a weekly basis distribute 25,000 tons.
08:46It is an articulated system to guarantee the access of the population to the food.
08:53And here we have an example such as the sausages.
08:56We can see an exponential growth in the past year.
09:00And it is a product of the policies that were generated to substitute imports and to benefit the national production.
09:09Well, we are speaking that in 2025 we had a plain supply, and this year too as well,
09:17to guarantee the supply, to guarantee that the Venezuelan people access to the products.
09:24Look, here you see with the ham that you produce, where do you commercialize it?
09:30Well, we have several allies on a national level in which we make the work of distribution.
09:38Here in Caracas we have the distribution process, but at a national level we also have distributors
09:43who take the products to every quarter of the country.
09:47From here as well we have, we are working with the sausages, but I would like to make a contact with the latter state.
09:56Giannis Aguero, the governor, is there, and we are boosting the capacities of the pastelization center,
10:03and I would like to see their capacities go ahead.
10:06We are here at the latter state, specifically in the Ibarre municipality, in the industrial zone,
10:15that is the key motor for the agro-industry system.
10:20As you know, Lara has the potential in all the species of cattle,
10:28and we are in an industry that has an integration of 48 producers,
10:34that has employed, has 18 employees, and has 30,000 liters per day,
10:44and it is an experience in which the primary sector and the industrial sector combine,
10:50and I would like for the director of this institution to explain to us all of the productive process of this industry.
11:00Thank you very much for the opportunity.
11:02We are a business that has 30 years.
11:06We are 48 producers, jointly working under the principle of cooperative,
11:12but we are a company actually.
11:15Today we are forming, having 3,000 per day, and we have the capacity to multiply this amount.
11:26We have the required machines, we have the milk of great quality,
11:30which is the most important thing to produce this milk of long-lasting life
11:36that has to come from the farms on a daily basis with an excellent hygiene to be processed.
11:43We are willing to keep producing for the country, and we have the capacity to do so.
11:51It is not a miracle, President.
11:53It is the work of producers, women and men associated,
11:56and as you have said, 2026 is the year of the admirable feat for our nation, for our Venezuela power.
12:05Go ahead, President.
12:07Thank you very much, Major.
12:09It is very interesting.
12:11But here, the Minister Leal Tejeria is the owner of an industry that says that you are no competent.
12:21You are not a challenge for them.
12:25But I want to salute to Greed, Comelan, and the La Pazareña brand that is very known,
12:31and not just in the latter state.
12:33At a national level, it is a great...
12:37How the jam, the ham is done here, well, after this moment, you go to cook this product,
12:49and there are products that also can be baked.
12:53All of those products that need to be baked, we take them there.
12:57Our star product was done in these big ovens, and the cooked products are done over there.
13:09Here, we have the mold, and then you let them cold.
13:13How are you treating workers?
13:15We have an excellent working environment.
13:17We have three ships with over 300 workers, and we need to respect the rights of the working people, women and men.
13:27Very soon, we will be performing a statement through the patria system to listen to the working people that are in the process of the constituent labor constituent.
13:41We are going to work and to organize and to draft a working model for our working people, women and men.
13:50We are here seeing the final results, the mortadela, the ham, the sausages, all of the sausages that we produce here in this plant, in this factory.
14:02And I wanted to take advantage of this moment, and I would like also to make a contact with the inauguration of the Abasto Obrero Hugo Chavez
14:12in the station Pro Patria for the workers, women and men of the subway of Caracas.
14:18This inauguration will allow workers to have access with a reduction from 10% to 15% in the price that you see on the streets.
14:30And I want to inaugurate this moment of the subway workers that have the name of Hugo Chavez.
14:37Go ahead, Minister.
14:39E違ange.
14:40The director, Delcy Rodriguez, commander-in-chief.
14:43Here I am.
14:44From the warehouses of Pro Patria from the backyard number one.
14:51And here we are going to hang over this work in, this supplies for the working people.
14:58Named was Rafael Chavez Frias and I want to invite three, two, one.
15:04And please join us to see these beautiful spaces that are totally modernized.
15:14Dr. Delci Rodriguez said, Greetings, Acting President.
15:24We are here in this space that are coming to mean a new upgrade with the support of the Bicentennial Workers Bank
15:35and for these workers to apply to take into consideration that we have a strength guarantee of 98% of sovereignty of food production
15:48that are going to be here at the disposal of the working people.
15:52All of the basic products to reach each and every one of their workers.
16:01All of these products are from national production and I want to highlight that all of our products that are entrepreneurs
16:11and from the communities are going to be as well benefited from these products.
16:17Go ahead.
16:18Greetings to Alvarado and all of the workers of the subways of Caracas.
16:25This is the path that we need to build.
16:27And we were speaking that very soon we are going to make a survey for the workers of the nation to get to know their opinions,
16:36their labour conditions, to see the respect of the rights of workers of the nation.
16:42And we are going to do so through the patria system.
16:46So go ahead workers of the country who are in this constituent, this labour constituent.
16:51Here we are seeing the final products that are going to be commercialized, extraordinary products of a very high quality.
17:00And we are seeing that marks what it is and what it must be the example of Venezuela of this year, 2026.
17:07All of the sectors that are going to be involved in producing and guaranteeing the supply of food for the people of Venezuela,
17:16that access several programs of food for the vulnerable sectors for the prices to be respected with the national industry,
17:27for them not to access the speculations for the people of Venezuela.
17:32This must be part of the agreements, part of the economic dialogue and social dialogue installed by the program of peaceful coexistence.
17:42This dialogue to meet ourselves, to meet in the diversity of our sectors, in the economic sector, in the political sector, in the social sector,
17:51and for us to keep moving forward to guarantee the future of Venezuela, the independence of Venezuela and the sovereignty.
17:58Please, unified as a great nation, unified yourselves, all of you, concrete actions, concrete plans,
18:05but with our maximum interest as a republic and visions of republic as it was conceived by our liberators from Bolívar of a free homeland and as a nation.
18:18We were listening at this moment to the statements of acting President El Cid Rodríguez,
18:22who was finishing this tour through this key factory that is going to be guaranteeing the production,
18:32the national production, the national production of the nation for the food to reach all of the hands of the people of Venezuela.
18:39We were seeing the high quality, the high standards of these products.
18:44We also were listening to acting President referring to the steady economic growth that the nation has been seeing
18:52and are going to keep in the same path of growth and that is thanks to the producers of the nation
18:58that are the ones who are guaranteeing as well the supply of national products throughout the country,
19:05the elimination of imports as well in the nation.
19:08This is very important and this is going to be a priority for the whole nation.
19:13This is all for the moment.
19:14Stay tuned with Telesur English for more information on this topic.
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