This Monday during the delivery of the 2022 “Simón Bolívar” National Journalism Award, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, assured that communication in Venezuela has achieved a more cultured and informed people.
“Venezuela has a powerful social communication movement that has an impact and achieves a living democracy. Today we have a cultured and informed people of great human quality thanks to the journalistic movements that have told the truth about Venezuela », he said.
During the event from Ayacuho Hallthe head of state, assured that it is necessary to guarantee communication in the country, “to achieve this, a movement with great interpretation is necessary, a movement of public opinion, very powerful and informed so that the people have clear and firm opinions so that they do not be manipulated,” he said.
He also reported that this is the first time in Venezuela that the National Journalism Award is given to traditional media based on the production of content on social networks,” he said.
News about covid-19
The head of state made some announcements during the meeting with Venezuelan journalists. One of them was the update of the cases of covid-19 in the country.
He assured that of 1 case by 100 thousand inhabitantsit went to 3 cases per hundred thousand inhabitants in recent weeks.
“In other countries it is not possible to say this because they do not assume the numbers of infections. We can say that after going from 50 or 60 cases a day, we are now at 120 cases », he said concerned, while calling on the population to comply with biosecurity measures.
Conformation of the Bricomiles
On the other hand, President Maduro announced that to date 70% of the Military Community Brigades for Education (Bricomiles). Estimated to arrive in the next few days to reach 100%.
“We are going to put nugget in all schools and high schools with the support of popular power,” he said.
The head of state also called on Venezuelan migrants who have left the country to return.
“To all Venezuelan migrants I tell you that Venezuela is wide open to receive you with love. There is no such thing as Venezuela!” he said.
Finally, he reminded the population that in the next few days the country will go through the passage of tropical wave number 11 on the Venezuelan coasts, so the rains will continue in the national territory and assured that the authorities are alert and attentive to act in the contingencies that can present themselves.