Author: Karina Depablos

Press Mincomunas – The People’s Power Minister for Communes and Social Movements, Jorge Arreaza, assured that the agroecological practices carried out should not only be to avoid poisoning human beings but also to avoid poisoning Mother Earth. “Fighting poverty, especially extreme poverty, is only possible from the commune level. The economy must be at the… Continue reading Minister Jorge Arreaza: Fighting against poverty is only possible from the commune level

Caracas, November 15, 2023.- During the 19th edition of the International Book Fair of Venezuela (Filven) 2023, the People’s Power Ministry for Communes and Social Movements presented the collective work entitled “Towards a Community of Life. Aportes de la Escuela Decolonial Comuna o Nada” (Towards a Community of Life. Contributions of the Decolonial School Commune… Continue reading Ministry of Communes presented the book “Hacia una comunidad de vida” (Towards a Community of Life) to promote the reconstitution of the community.

Caracas, October 23, 2023 (Mincomunas Press) – For Bolivian professor and philosopher Rafael Bautista, capitalism is an economy that destroys the base that makes its growth possible because that base is not infinite. It is finite. Therefore, if it destroys the base that makes its viable development, it will reach a point of no return.… Continue reading Rafael Bautista: Capitalism is at its point of no return

Caracas, October 23, 2023 (Mincomunas Press) – According to Puerto Rican sociologist Ramon Grosfoguel, if a new civilizational system is to be created, we must address all hierarchies of domination: racial, gender, sexual, linguistic, pedagogical, ecological, epistemic; otherwise, the empire will sneak in again through the back door. “Our critique of the cartography of the… Continue reading Ramon Grosfoguel: We cannot continue reproducing the worldview of 20th-century socialism

MinCommunas Press – For the Argentine sociologist and political scientist Atilio Boron, the predatory nature of capitalism, exacerbated in its current phase, has led the world to deprive three-quarters of humanity of its means of life and to the destruction of the nature that makes possible the sustenance of all life. “Another world has been… Continue reading Atilio Boron: Capitalist civilization practices the greatest genocide known in human history

Caracas, October 2, 2023 (Mincomunas Press) – The Batalla Santa Ines Commune, in Maturin City, in Monagas State, has 460 hectares for agricultural production, so its members decided to manufacture biological inputs to improve the health of crops and soil characteristics, with a lower environmental impact. According to German Guerrero, a spokesman for the Batalla… Continue reading Commune of Monagas elaborates bio-inputs to nourish and regenerate soils with agricultural vocation

Caracas, September 20, 2023. This Wednesday, sociologist and founder of the Venezuelan Observatory of Popular Economies, Edith Pineda, affirmed that Venezuelans who seek to rebuild community relations, through their experiences, lessons learned, challenges, and actions, must tell the story of the Bolivarian communal project. During her participation in the radio program En Clave Comunal, broadcast… Continue reading Sociologist Edith Pineda: Building a community implies recognizing what is different

Caracas, September 13, 2023 (Mincomunas Press) – According to the Vice Minister of Social Movements, Fernando Rodriguez, humanity faces the great challenge of maintaining a civilizing system of death or fighting for life through the restitution of ancestral community practices. “In the face of the civilizational crisis caused by modernity, social movements have the responsibility… Continue reading Vice Minister Fernando Rodriguez: Social Movements have the responsibility to fight for life

Caracas, September 8, 2023 (Press Mincomunas) – Members of the Agroecotourism Commune Aguas de El Castrero participated in the registry of unconventional, forgotten, or underutilized fruit species in the country conducted by specialists from the Ecology Center of the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) to improve eating habits in the population. In this visit… Continue reading Guarico communards contribute to the scientific registry of forgotten fruits