December 19 was the first time that Maduro reported on the release of funds for the reconstruction of Las Tejerías, in the state of Aragua, a town that suffered a landslide that caused more than 50 deaths, at least 400 houses partially affected and another 400 destroyed
The mandatary Nicolas Maduro He offered this Monday, December 26, an informative balance in which he recalled that in 2022 his administration allocated 2.6 million euros for urban reorganization in the country, after the heavy rains that hit several areas and left some 1,600 families homeless.
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December 19 was the first time that Maduro reported on the release of these funds. In the speech that day, he indicated that the amount would be used for the reconstruction of Las Tejerías, in the state of Aragua, a town that suffered a landslide that caused more than 50 deaths, at least 400 houses partially affected and another 400 destroyed. He also asked to relocate families from some 174 houses that were affected.
More than two months after the tragedy, hopelessness predominates in Las Tejerías. Hundreds of victims continue to be crammed into shelters despite promises by the Chavista government of relocation through the Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela, not to mention “urban reorganization.”
A report on Las Tejerías published by The Voice of America (VOA) portrays the current lives of the families affected by the tragedy. He stresses that the Government has ordered gangs of officials to tour the population to carry out censuses that allow the recording of needs, but the residents complain of exclusion.
“They have not taken me into account for that census. I ask my president Maduro to help me, because there were two houses that I lost, my daughter’s and mine, and there were seven people who were on the street, we have nowhere to live,” claims Mardelys Ruiz, 51.
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After highlighting the amount approved for projects in a city that continues to suffer the consequences of the landslide, the “digital proclamation” shared on Twitter through the Presidential Press account on the afternoon of December 26, Maduro —who accumulates almost a week Absent from public speeches on these Christmas dates, he turned the page to highlight that important steps were also taken this year “to build a public security system that guarantees, from the structural point of view, a climate of peace and security.”
On this point, the president has already made reference to the need to reinforce the Bolivarian National Police (PNB). During the act to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the police force held on December 20, the ruler said that the country needs a police force twice the size of the one that already exists, for which reason he proposed that “by 2024, in accelerated march , forced and deep, we are going to the goal of 100,000 uniformed in the PNB ».
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Likewise, Maduro mentioned in his bulletin the visit to Miraflores by Netumbo Nandi-Ndaiwah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations for Cooperation of the Republic of Namibia, which occurred on December 21. The president stressed that the visit was made in order to deepen strategic relations and advance the cooperation agenda maintained by both countries.
Finally, the president highlighted the visit to Miraflores of “The queen of the triple jump” Yulimar Rojas, a Venezuelan athlete who has won medals since 2016 and was recently named the best Latin American and Caribbean athlete of the 2022 season.
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