Venezuela, second day of National Congress of Bolivarian Historic Bloc

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*The National Congress of the Historic Bolivarian Bloc to discuss, define and approve the Venezuela of the future *Congress aims at collective design of govt. action plan

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00:00It's the second day of the Congress of the Bolivarian Historical Bloc in Venezuela, and

00:21our correspondent Belén de los Santos is here with the details we must know about the

00:25event.

00:26Hello Belén, welcome.

00:28Hello Ana, it's a pleasure to be here, and as you were saying, the Grand Congress of

00:34the Historical Bolivarian Bloc is underway in Caracas, we are here, this is the second

00:40day of the Congress that started yesterday and will continue until tomorrow, and what

00:46I wanted to bring to you today at this moment was a little bit of an explanation of what

00:51this Historical Congress is, and what it is, is an instance of participatory democracy.

00:58So what is happening here in the Congress today is that different sectors of the Venezuelan

01:05society are gathering, are coming together in order to discuss the strategic goals and

01:13a road map to the future, in order to analyze and to really debate together, that is why

01:20this is an instance of participatory democracy, because the goals of the coming years for

01:27this government term and for the Venezuelan nation as a whole will not be decided as happens

01:33in many countries, but just by the executive alone, but are being discussed by all sectors

01:41of society, and this Congress is a key instance of that.

01:46So let's recall what is happening, so the idea is, this is a proposal, you know that

01:53a new term in office is beginning next year, and also there are many challenges that the

01:59world is facing, and Venezuela in particular has set a goal to really bring together all

02:07these sectors, so we have the five generations that compose the Venezuelan society, and also

02:13the seven forces, we are talking about the different forces that make up the Venezuelan

02:21society, we are talking about the political party, we are talking about the social forces,

02:26that means the popular forces, the communal power, and also the productive forces, so

02:32those are all the sectors that make up this Venezuelan social tissue, and these have been

02:40carrying out assemblies since September, with a set objective of discussing what are

02:48the problems that the territories are facing, and what are the strategies, what are the

02:53ideas that from each different territory, from each different sector, they are giving

02:59in order to think about the goals for the upcoming years, and those are the seven transformations,

03:07that is the seven key areas in which every part of the Venezuelan society is preparing

03:15and is working to really transform, do the next step of transformations in this stage

03:23of the Bolivarian process, so those assemblies have been carrying out since September, and

03:31this Congress that is underway right now, is the key moment in which those delegates,

03:38delegates from all across the nation, and also from all these different sectors that

03:43we have been mentioning, they have come here to Caracas, to this Congress, and they are

03:50bringing the proposals, and so they are now debating them with the other comrades, and

03:56they are set to reach different consensus and objectives, and finally end this Congress

04:03with a proposal for the coming years, that is the instance that we are here and that

04:10is underway, so today is the second day of this event, and that means that today is when

04:18the workspaces, the work tables are underway, they are already underway, all the delegates

04:25have been divided into areas according to those seven transformations, seven strategies

04:31that are being debated, so you can hear a little bit behind me, there is a lot of different

04:39debate instances where delegates are participating, they are bringing their proposals, that is

04:44what is happening today, today is the most important day in terms of debating, in terms

04:50of reaching consensus, and the idea is that from today and up to tomorrow, we are going

04:56to have some consensus drawn up to have a final roadmap, a participatory, a democratic

05:03roadmap that will be drawn up for and presented tomorrow in the ending day, so that is a little

05:09bit of what is happening today, and I will continue to bring you throughout the day,

05:15how the day develops, and we will hopefully be able to also hear from some of the delegates,

05:22from the different experiences, so I hope to bring you more information soon.

05:27Thank you Belén for your information and your remarks in this event.

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