Today is the birthday of Venezuela’s most honored indpendence Hero, Simon Bolivar.
As a gift, we bring you an historical comic book version of the life of this revolutionary man, who led wars of independence in Venezuela and several other countries. His political ideals, particularly, the notion of a unified South America, are still held dear [...]
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The Venezuelan-owned gas subsidiary Citgo has been providing cut-rate home heating oil to poor communities in the U.S. for three now. Last winter, 23 states relied on the donations, which exceeded $100 million in value. New Hampshire has just become the latest to sign on.
The small state, which borders Canada and registers brutal temperatures in [...]
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Posted in Arts & Culture, Society & Politics, tagged cinema city, Francisco de Miranda, venezuela, venezuelan cinema, Venezuelan culture, Venezuelan film, Venezuelan History, Venezuelan movies, villa del cine on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Lately, it seems like Venezuela’s history is being chronicled in film like never before.
Take, for example, the biopic Miranda Regresa (”Miranda Returns”), which came out last fall. The movie is a dramatic reimagining of the life of independence hero Francisco de Miranda.
It was produced at Cinema City (in Spanish, Villa del Cine), the government- funded [...]
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The Caracas metro is a point of pride for the city. It’s fast, clean, affordable, and safe — a favorite means of transportation for residents of the nation’s capital since 1983. Want to know more? Visit C.A. Metro de Caracas.
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Last week, Venezuela hosted the 7th Conference of Information Ministers of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. The event brought representatives from 80 countries together to discuss common projects.
One of these was a proposal from Venezuela to create a Non-Aligned News Network (NNN). The network would provide news from and for the 118 countries that make [...]
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Feliz Dia de Independencia!
July 5th marked the 197th anniversary of Venezuela’s independence from Spain. In honor of that event, we invite readers to send pictures of themselves holding the Venezuelan flag to venworld (at) veninfo.org
The best ones will be posted on this site. Be sure to tell us your name and where the picture was [...]
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Posted in Society & Politics, The Region, tagged alvaro uribe, Colombia, colombia hostages, Farc, hostage release, Hugo Chavez, ingrid betancourt, keith stansell, marc gonsalves, rescue, security, tom howes on July 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Breaking news! We just heard that the government of Colombia has announced that it “rescued” 15 captives held by the FARC in Colombia.
The freed captives include French-born politician Ingrid Betancourt and U.S. military contractors Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell (pictured here).
This would have happened a lot sooner if Uribe had not canceled the [...]
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Posted in Arts & Culture, Society & Politics, tagged culture, Hugo Chavez, venezuela, Venezuelan culture, venezuelan music, el sistema, gustavo dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, venezuelan government, simon bolivar youth orchestra, gustavo the great, music, poverty, development, classical music, music education, Jose Antonio Abreu, news on June 26, 2008 | No Comments »
By now, you’ve surely heard of Venezuela’s renowned music program “El Sistema,” which gives young children from poor families an opportunity to learn how to play classical music. The program is 30 years old, and currently reaches quarter of a million students. It is also having a big impact around the world.
Here is a roundup [...]
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Posted in Nature & Environment, Society & Politics, tagged environment, venezuela, Cuba, venezuela anti-poverty effort, Petrocasas, eco-friendly design, housing, oil, poverty, development, environmentalism, bbc, James Ingham on June 25, 2008 | No Comments »
We love petrocasas, the eco-friendly houses that are taking poor families out of the crumbling barrios in Venezuela and also in Cuba.
That’s why this new coverage from BBC News is so exciting!
The petrocasas program is setting new standards for how developing countries can address poverty and related housing issues in a way that is affordable [...]
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Posted in Nature & Environment, Society & Politics, tagged agriculture, cooperatives, farming, food, food crisis, food security, food supply, land reform, venezuela on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Now here is something that is good for the economy and the environment.
Idle estates in rural Venezuela are being used for small-scale agricultural production by local farming cooperatives. This is a result of a program of land reform that has benefited over 100,000 families. The cooperatives have helped poor and previously landless communities become powerful [...]
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Posted in Society & Politics, The Region, tagged democracy, venezuela, latin america, venezuela oil, oil, politics, paraguay, Fernando Lugo on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Paraguay’s President elect, former Bishop Fernando Lugo, visited Caracas yesterday to meet with President Chavez. We can probably expect to see lots of cooperation between Venezuela and Paraguay once Lugo is sworn in in August.
Amazingly, Paraguay spent the last 60 years under one-party rule. With the election of Lugo last April 20th, the country voted [...]
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Posted in Society & Politics, tagged banking, banks, development, economic development, lending, micro-lending, microfinance, poverty, venezuela, venezuela anti-poverty effort, venezuelan economy on June 18, 2008 | No Comments »
In Venezuela, going to the bank is getting easier for people who live in low-income neighborhoods.
The government is pushing financial institutions nationwide to open up in areas that historically lacked access to banking. Small loans are being given out in these areas, which are hotbeds of entrepreneurship.
The technique of microfinance, as it is known in [...]
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