Citizens will choose community-level development projects from among 36,612 submitted proposals. On Sunday, one hour before the start of the 2025 National Popular Consultation, Carlos Quintero, Vice President of the National Electoral Council (CNE), announced that 100% of the 7,438 polling stations across the country were installed and receiving citizens. RELATED: Venezuelans Hold Second Popular […]

Quarterly consultations are expected to continue in order to strengthen the empowerment of communities. On Sunday, Venezuelans will participate in the second popular consultation of 2025 to select the local development projects that will be carried out in 5,338 communal circuits and 47,214 communal councils. RELATED: Cuba And Venezuela Send Condolences To Iran After Massive […]

This development proposal has the Venezuelan people as its protagonist. On Sunday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that the Seven Transformations Plan (7T), which emerged from the work of the Congress of the Historical Bloc, will be presented as his government program to the National Assembly on January 10, after his inauguration for the 2025–2031 […]

Russian Vice President Chernyshenko arrived in Caracas to strengthen strategic bilateral relations. On Thursday, Russian Vice President Dmitry Chernyshenko will participate in the 18th meeting of the Russia-Venezuela High-Level Intergovernmental Commission (CIAN) taking place in Caracas. RELATED: Venezuelan President Maduro Advocates Dialogue With the United States In the Venezuelan capital, businesspeople and officials from both […]

“Our world faces an increasing frequency and intensity of disasters, exacerbated by climate change, urbanization, and other socio-economic factors…” On Sunday, a senior official of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said that high-quality disaster-related statistics are urgently needed as the African continent and the world at large are increasingly confronted with climate […]

Over 500 participants, including policymakers, industry executives, diplomats, representatives of academia and civil society, are attending the forum. On Wednesday, the third African Business and Human Rights Forum opened in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, with delegates calling for embedding the principles of equity, fairness and inclusion in the continent’s private sector. Related:Kenya: +300 Delegates […]

COMESA Director for Infrastructure and Logistics Bernard Dzawanda said only 37 percent of Africa’s population uses the internet. On Friday, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), a regional economic organization in Africa, urged African countries to implement targeted policies to improve access to information and communications technology (ICT) services on the continent. […]

According to the AU, the rapid urbanization in Africa presents significant financing challenges that require substantial investments in infrastructure, services, and social amenities to accommodate growing urban populations.

The approved financing consists of a grant of 90.7 million dollars and a loan of 60.3 million dollars. The AfDB will administer the funds and oversee the program, set to begin in the first quarter of 2025.

One of the main engines of work and growth, of the 18 defined by the Bolivarian government, is that of entrepreneurship, which in the first half grew «15 percent».