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LEGACY OF CHAVEZ 26/04/13.- President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, handed over 134 apartments to the same number of families in the urban heart of Mi Patria, located in barrio district 70, Las Marias, El Valle, as part of 1,192 houses that were awarded in the Capital District and the state of Lara (472), Tujillo (226) and Sucre (364), the Great Housing Mission Venezuela (GMVV).
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The President said that this delivery of housing as well as other awards that have been made in the country, have been invisible in the media of the bourgeoisie.
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Maduro recalled that yesterday marked the 14 years of the first referendum held in the history of Venezuela.
In this regard, the Head of State said that the approval of the referendum opened the door for the development of the 1999 Constitution. He said that the said Article 82 of the Constitution enshrines housing as a human right....
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13,160 houses are under construction with plans to build 3,132 more.
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In Trujillo, 226 families also received their keys from the hand of Deputy Minister of Planning of Housing, Nelson Rodriguez, while in Sucre another other 364 housing units were delivered to victims (of natural disasters) and vulnerable families (whose old dwellings were considered high risk). The assigned homes have three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room, and are fully furnished under the program "My Well Equipped House" ("Mi Casa Bien Equipada" .
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LONG LIVE THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION!
napoleon_in_rags
(3,991 posts)Seriously. The decrease in wages:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/06/speedup-americans-working-harder-charts
Has pushed many Americans down to very low pay, and housing prices still don't reflect it, locking many of us out of home ownership.
clarice
(5,504 posts)Now your beholden to a Government for your refuge. Never good.
Judi Lynn
(160,516 posts)Who have been living in poverty for generations?
You'd be saving the world by presenting a solution, along with your plan for medical treatment, adequate food, teaching the masses to read, who have been unable to go to the privatized Venezuelan schools, etc.
Blessed be your screen name.
Daniel537
(1,560 posts)than accept gubmint aid.
ocpagu
(1,954 posts)More power to Venezuela and its people. The houses seem very nice. This will change the lives of thousands of families.
Flatulo
(5,005 posts)How wonderful that the Government provides for their needs. Once they're fed and healed, why they'll have plenty of time to make babies who in turn will grow up to be utterly helpless.
Ah, dependency!