Author: Jorge Luis Bolívar Seijas

Press MinComunas/Karina Depablos – During the 2022-2023 school period, the Jose Felix Ribas Commune members, located in the Petare parish, Miranda state, manufactured 32 thousand school uniforms, consisting of white shirts, chemises, overalls, and pants for students from all over Venezuela. According to Aura Aguilera, a spokeswoman for the Jose Felix Ribas Commune, this socio-productive… Continue reading The Commune of Miranda State manufactures school uniforms for students from all over the country

Caracas, May 30, 2023 (UBC Press) – The forum “Responsible Mining in Venezuela” celebrated the 17th anniversary of Mision Arbol (Tree Mission) to contribute to the formation of ecosocialist values. This activity is considered a sensitive and critical issue, but with responsibility and ecological awareness by taking care of our Mother Earth. During the forum,… Continue reading UBC holds a forum on “Responsible Mining in Venezuela”

Lara, May 30, 2023 (Press UBC) – Last Tuesday, there was a work meeting of the Lara state promotion team of the Bolivarian University of the Communes (UBC) to discuss the achievements, progress, challenges, and tasks of the Academic and Territorial Plan 2023 of the UBC nationwide and especially in Lara state. As part of… Continue reading UBC continues regional deployment to discuss the Academic and Territorial Plan 2023

According to Guatemalan teacher, writer, and Mayan-Kaqchikel activist Aura Cumes, the West is not the only referent of existence. “The West has become the only referent of existence due to its construction, whose starting point is the world’s colonization and modernity,” she said. In this sense, researcher Aura Cumes stressed that the fact that Europe… Continue reading Aura Cumes: We need to open a dialogue with our denied past

Press MinComunas. – Juan Carlos Rodriguez, a militant researcher of community experiences in Venezuela, assured that demystifying modernity is a relevant and necessary task in the global South. “We need to constitute a new horizon that recovers the communitarian dimension of human life. From the decolonial movement and with debate, we must demystify the fiction… Continue reading “We must build new utopias where community life is at the center”

According to the Argentine-Mexican philosopher Enrique Dussel, power is an exercise of life that resides in the people. “The people are always the seat of power, even if it delegates, through the democratic principle, certain services. Those who command must obey by obeying. Being in power must mean dutiful political commitment, in which I listen… Continue reading Enrique Dussel: Those who command must obey while commanding

Guarico, May 27, 2023 (Mincomunas Press) – From Valle de la Pascua, “Princess of the Plains” in Guarico, communities from all over the state explained how they materialized 75 social, socio-productive, and service projects to improve their life quality, during the National Congress of People’s Power Direct Experiences of Management. This state, located in the… Continue reading Guariqueños materialize important projects and set an example of community management

Bolivar, May 27, 2023 (Press Mincomunas). – From the Universidad Experimental de Guayana (UNEG) Menca de Leoni, Upata, in Piar municipality, more than 120 spokespersons of the People’s Power of Piar and Cedeño municipalities gathered on Friday for the installation of the National Congress of People’s Power Direct Management Experiences, Bolivar chapter, to participate and… Continue reading Bolivar’s state Communal Councils exchange SINCO-endorsed communal management experiences

Barinas, May 27, 2023 (Mincomunas Press) – This Saturday, the first Barinas 2023 State Agro-productive Meeting was installed at the Florentino Socialist Productive Technical Center, C.A. The event counted on the presence of Jorge Arreaza, People’s Power Minister for the Communes and Social Movements; Hipolito Abreu, Minister of Industries and National Production; David Hernandez, President… Continue reading Installation of Barinas’ First 2023 State Agro-productive Meeting