TeleSUR special envoy Belén de los Santos, reports on the third day on the National Congress of Bolivarian Historic Bloc currently underway in Caracas, Venezuela. teleSUR
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00:00Venezuela, the great congress of the historic Bolivarian bloc, moves forward, where more
00:04than 6,000 delegates discuss their proposals on the country's productive sector.
00:09Venezuelan Vice President, Telsoy Rodríguez, highlighted the importance of national congress
00:14in order to strengthen and make the productive sectors of Venezuela more independent.
00:18According to Rodríguez, Venezuela is called to become an economic power, but not before
00:23taking the political vanguard stated by Commander Hugo Chávez.
00:27The Vice President denounced that extremist groups are requesting sanctions to torture
00:32the Venezuelan people and stop the country's progress.
00:35In this regard, the Vice President urged the working class to remain vigilant.
00:45Because the extremists in the service of the global north seek, by all means, to torture
00:50Venezuela for its surrender.
00:53And that is why this congress must become a real steel wall for the defense of our homeland,
00:59and for the defense of our wealth, the identity of our historical process, and for the defense
01:03of our sovereignty.
01:04And in Venezuela, the national congress of the Bolivarian historical bloc continues.
01:10For more details, on its third day, we go with our special envoy, Belén de los Santos.
01:16Hello, studios.
01:18We continue here in Caracas in the third day of the grand congress of the Bolivarian historical
01:24bloc.
01:25As we have been saying for the past days, this is the event in which delegates from
01:31all over the country, from all over the Venezuelan generations have come together with the proposals
01:36that they have discussed in their territories to come meet and debate on the seven key issues
01:44that will mark Venezuela to come in the coming years, in the coming government mandate, but
01:49also in the next 30 years.
01:51The idea is to make up a long-term plan for the Venezuelan development and for the deepening
01:58of the Bolivarian revolutionary process.
02:02So we are here on this third day, and we have been saying how this third day has been marked
02:07by a specific request to really reflect on the concept of the historical bloc, of the
02:15Bolivarian historical bloc, that is, this moment, how is it marked by the economical
02:21structure and the political and civilian forces that make up this present moment, and how
02:28all the militant efforts need to be focused on first understanding the needs of the territories,
02:36the needs of the communities, what the people from the bases are saying, and let the roadmap
02:42for the future really reflect those bases.
02:45That is the goal of this participatory process that is this Congress, but also that this
02:51needs to be guided by a deep understanding of the present time, of this historical bloc,
03:00what challenges lie and what possibilities can arise.
03:05So the discussion has been focused on that specific point, and all the different tables
03:11have been issuing their own ideas and proposals of how they seem.
03:16For example, we've heard discussions regarding how to have a feminist perspective on the
03:24modernization and the development in terms of the economy, the Venezuelan economy in
03:30this moment.
03:31We've also seen particular statements from the delegates at each table regarding the
03:37importance that there's no way to really understand the Bolivarian historical bloc
03:43without understanding the geopolitics at the moment and at play.
03:48So there's a very deep political reflection also that expands from the national borders
03:55of Venezuela and really needs to understand what is happening in the region, what is happening
04:00in the world, and how does this process, the Bolivarian process, that is also really
04:06acknowledged by its own people like a unique process, avant-garde process in the world.
04:13So the reflection regarding the international situation also is taking a key role to understand
04:23where this process is laid on and what are the challenges and the years to come.
04:29So this day is finishing with a screenplay, with a film that is being shown from musician
04:37Ali Primera and the delegates will continue to enjoy from a political perspective, from
04:42an artistic perspective, everything that has to do with the Bolivarian process at this
04:47moment and specifically the challenge to face the years to come with a concrete program
04:54that comes from the bases and that is the mandate from the Executive, from President
05:00Nicolás Maduro.
05:01So that is everything from this third day at this Congress in Caracas.
05:05We will continue of course with all the information.
05:08Now we go back to you.
05:12Thank you Belén.
05:13During the third day of the National Congress of the Bolivarian Historical Bloc, United
05:16Socialist Party of Venezuela's youth militant, María Petancur, affirmed the importance of
05:22the younger generations in Venezuela's revolutionary process.
05:28The role of youth, first, is to break the historical cycle of betrayal.
05:33It is the first.
05:34We are in the bicentennial of the cycle of betrayal.
05:38That is the first element.
05:40The second element is to transform the society we live in today.
05:45Society brands us by labels, which divides us and makes us believe that we are one above
05:49the other.
05:51And we are not one above the other.
05:53Here, if we divide ourselves, there will be no popular victory in the struggle.
05:58Based on that, that is our role.
06:01But also to transform the reality of our youth.
06:04Today our youth has been one of the hardest hit.
06:06Our generation is one of the hardest hit by the sanctions, by the blockade, by all the
06:11fascism that we are experiencing.
06:14It is up to us to generate guarantees of life for all that generation.
06:18And based on that, President Nicolás Maduro has called for the creation of the Great Mission
06:23of Young Venezuela.
06:29Young militant María Betancur explained the key elements and objectives of the Great Mission
06:33Young Venezuela.
06:36It is a national vision with seven vertices, 26 programs, to guarantee a better life for
06:41the Venezuelan youth.
06:43Among that, while housing, we are working on the whole issue of education, we are working
06:48on the whole issue of the organization of the popular youth power.
06:52We are also working on technology and science.
06:56We are working on ecology.
06:58We are creating a youth zone so that there is a real space where the youth can go when
07:02they want to be attended.
07:04That is what we are doing, working for the welfare of our youth.
07:08And I think that is the most beautiful thing.
07:11Helping those who need it without hesitation is part of our happiness, and not part of
07:15our duty.
07:18Betancur extended the invitation for all the Venezuelan people abroad to work together
07:22to build the nation they want.
07:27We invite all the youth, all the Venezuelan people without any doubt, and all the world
07:31that sees us to be part of this beautiful story that is the Bolivarian Revolution, and
07:36that we build together the Venezuela we want.
07:43The Venezuela we want is not hate, it is not violence.
07:47We are not telling them to think the same as us, but to come and build, to come and
07:52add, to be engineers, to be professionals, so that we can build together the country
07:56we want.