Comments on: The Communal State model in Venezuela

By: Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:26:25 +0000

In reply to Michel Bauwens. works, the comment is no longer visible

By: Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:25:14 +0000

In reply to Mushin MW. can't find a private section, so will 'unapprove' it

By: Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:24:20 +0000

In reply to Mushin MW. ok, looking into that now!

By: Mushin MW

Mushin MW — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 22:35:44 +0000

Michel,
Appreciate keeping the recent post private. Disclosing Ysabel’s position in Caracas in public is not good.
Thanks Mushin

By: Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 17:29:41 +0000

Experience in Venezuela also probably depends on social status, this is from a source that is not sympathetic to the regime (not the news service, but the report I am referring to):

“Six of the 11 countries with information available in 2012 recorded falling poverty levels (see table 1). The largest drop was in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, where poverty fell by 5.6 percentage points (from 29.5% to 23.9%) and extreme poverty by 2.0 percentage points (from 11.7% to 9.7%). In Ecuador, poverty was down by 3.1 percentage points (from 35.3% to 32.2%) and indigence by 0.9 percentage points (from 13.8% to 12.9%).

This 5.6 percentage point decrease in Venezuela translates into a 19 percent decline in poverty overall last year, which CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot noted last month “is almost certainly the largest decline in poverty in the Americas for 2012, and one of the largest – if not the largest – in the world.”

This dramatic decrease in poverty is likely due to the impact of two new misiones (social programmes), the Gran Misión En Amor Mayor Venezuela and the Gran Misión Hijos de Venezuela, which were, by January 2013, benefitting more than 1,400,000 people.”

from: http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/10221

By: Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:21:56 +0000

Thanks Mushin, I am well aware of the critiques of the Chavez regime, both left and right, and it is a very polarized society right now, with the many problems, some of which you describe. As a curator, I select debates about governance, which is what I did here. I welcome different voices, for examples, critiques of the communal councils. I am sure your experience is heartfelt and truthful.