Caracas, May 18, 2024 (Mincomunas Press).- Last Saturday, spokespeople from eight Communal Councils belonging to Commander Hugo Chávez Commune, located in Santa Rosalía parish, Libertador municipality, participated in a territorial assembly of social movements to contribute to the Venezuelan popular movement to the 2030 Agenda of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), and to the World Social Alternative.

The meeting was led by the coordinator of Social Movements of the ALBA-TCP Executive Secretariat, Rubén Pereira, and the Vice Minister of Social Movements, Fernando Rodríguez, who highlighted the importance of creating a space for interaction between social movements and popular organizations to generate debates, agreements, and contributions.

He affirmed that despite the fact that Venezuela has been harassed by the United States government, it has never stopped fighting and seeking a way out of all these aggressions and sanctions. “For this, we have relied on the organization of people’s power and community-based government that has demonstrated its strength in defending our homeland.

On the other hand, Professor Pereira presented a lecture about the mission, vision, and achievements of the ALBA-TCP; he also explained that the regional integration organization was born on December 14, 2004, when it was founded by Commanders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, with the aim of promoting Latin America and the Caribbean integration and unity.

Achievements

Pereira provided a brief overview of the achievements reached by ALBA-TCP in its 19 years of existence, starting with the declaration of territories free of illiteracy, the creation of Misión Milagro (Eye care Social Mission), as well as the psychosocial genetic clinical study of people with disabilities and the training of high school graduates as community doctors.

According to the coordinator of Social Movements, Commander Chávez holds great importance for the region because he dedicated himself to strengthening existing integration mechanisms and processes and establishing new ones.

The community members recognized the importance of the activity as it allows them to socialize and delve into the social policies that the Bolivarian Government guarantees to support and assist communities.