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Fedeindustria: Venezuela's productive capacity rises a favorable 75%

VHeadline.com News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue writes: According to Fedeindustria, Venezuela's productive capacity has increased 75%.

Fedeindustria consists mostly of small to medium companies, which have been given a boost under the Chavez Administration.

* The last three surveys undertaken by the organization also shows a growing demand of the internal market and a rise in the productive capacity of the country.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias attended the closing ceremony and has announced the setting up of a fund of $100 million to develop 1,500 projects.

Fedeindustria president, Miguel Perez Abad states that Venezuelan business persons are ready to make sacrifices if necessary if it means economic growth, sustainable development and improved quality of life.

During the meeting Fedeindustria assembly have decided to recognize small to medium industries called pymes as vehicles to develop productive capacities in the region.

Unlike the opposition Confederation of Chambers of Industries (Conindustria), Fedecamaras has welcomed Venezuela's entry into the Southern Cone Economic Zone (Mercosur) and is setting up the necessary structure to work within the organization.

A study will be undertaken to study productive capabilities and industrial complementation in the region to identify specific projects and branches of activity.

Fedeindustria will be sending delegates to Mercosur social forum in December.

Perez Abad says integration is not just an alternative it is the only way to guarantee life of our nations.

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http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=70447

Agriculture Minister: agrarian reform has boosted domestic food production

VHeadline.com News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue writes: Venezuelan Agriculture & Lands Minister, Elias Jaua has offered a balance of the government's agrarian reform program.

1.2 million hectares of land are in the process of recovery so far this year, Jaua proclaims, compared to 1.5 million hectares last year.

* "Currently, 700,000 hectares are already in the hands of the Venezuelan State and we have achieved it with a minimum of conflict."

Speaking on State VTV channel, Jaua brushes aside opposition accusations that the State is becoming the biggest landed owner in the country.

The government is activating special projects, such as the Zamorian farms and genetic centers.

The Minister has clarified that the owner of the Marquesena farm, Carlos Azpurua has not yet been paid assets worth 10 billion bolivares ... a cattle genetic center has been set up on parts of the lands judged idle.

The agreement between Azpurua and the government over the destiny and division of his lands introduced what has been called The Chaz Method.

Minister Jaua reports that to date, 7.1 trillion bolivares have been invested in the agricultural sector by public and private banks, which amounts to 83% of the financial target for 2006.

According to the Minister, one of the achievements in the reform is an increase in production of food ... "in 1998, the country produced 11 million tonnes of food, compared to 2005, which produced 19 million tonnes of food ... these are results."

Jaua states that areas under cultivation have increased 10% in seven years ... "we are really talking about three years, because before that there was an economic combat and afterwards, a fight to preserve democracy and President Chavez Frias' political project."

The Minister has announced that in the measure that supply deficits are covered, import licenses will be withdrawn ... "at the moment, there are no import licenses for rice or maize."

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http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=70480

Demonstrating the importance the Bolivarian revolution gives to education

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(Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter): “We guarantee that all Venezuelans will receive free education, to the highest level, as a promise of the revolutionary government."

"This [event] demonstrates the importance that the [Bolivarian] revolution gives to education," Hugo Chavez declared on October 8.

The Venezuelan President was officially re-opening the Andres Bello high school, situated in the metropolitan centre of the Caracas. The high school has been extensively renovated and upgraded to provide for a student population of 1700, the October 9 Ultimas Noticias reported.

On October 3, Chavez inaugurated 10 “university villages," located in different regions of the country. The main ceremony was held in Ocumare del Tuy, in Miranda state, Ven-Global News reported on October 9. The Venezuelan government seeks to democratise education and connect students with the regions’ social needs, under the umbrella of Mision Sucre.

From the university village “Casa de las Misiones” (Mission House), in Ocumare del Tuy, Chavez proclaimed: “I wanted to tell you we are inaugurating 10 university villages for thousands of students."

"Some of these university campuses are located right here in Valles del Tuy.”

“We are building a new education model, a new university model," Chavez said. Chavez explained that university villages are a leap forward in the consolidation of the Venezuelan social missions, especially in regard to the concept of the “Bolivarian university.”

“It is the university for the people, there in the neighborhoods, like Barrio Adentro. University in the neighborhoods, for the people.”

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http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=70451

Chavez' Message of Love gets the thumbs up in poll ...77% like it

VHeadline.com News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue writes: According to Maracaibo broadsheet, Panorama, a survey undertaken by Cifras Escenarios Poll Company states that 76.7% of 1,180 persons surveyed like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias' campaign message of love.

21.2% reject the message, while 20.3% answer that it is an electoral strategy.

* The same company has confirmed that Chavez Frias is leading by won wide margin over presidential campaign rival, Zulia State Governor, Manuel Rosales.

58.8% say they will vote for Chavez Frias, compared to 22 per cent for Rosales.

Polling company, Consultores 21 has issued the results of a recent poll about the social climate compared to Referendum Year 2004.

The optimism-pessimism indicator has moved up from -9, to + 13. When asked about the present situation, whether it has improved and the verdict is: + 49 (2004) to +61 (2006).

People were asked: Are you better off than last year and answered: 2004 +46 to +59 in 2006.

Editor/publisher, Miguel Salazar places current standings at: Chavez Frias 54%, Manuel Rosales 46% with abstentions 43%.

The Venezuelan Institute of Data Analysis (Ivad) puts Chavez Frias ahead by 25.5 points ... Chavez Frias 52.8%, Manuel Rosales 27.3% ... 73.1% of people polled say the administration's management of national affairs is excellent to good ... 66.8% believe the President will be re-elected.

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http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2109

Venezuela's budget to increase 32% to 115 trillion bolivares = US$54 billion

Venezuelanalysis.com (Steven Mather): Venezuelan Minister of Finance Nelson Merentes submitted the Chavez government’s 2007 budget plan to the National Assembly on Monday. Spending is set to increase by 32%, making the budget total 115 trillion bolivares or $54 billion.

Merentes boasted that 44.6% of that spending would be for social projects such as cooperatives, housing, salaries, pensions and health & education missions, all of which would be even more ambitious than last year.

“This year and next break the cycle of government disinvestment, we're ready to take on more ambitious spending projects,” he said at the National Assembly. He also said funds will be available for mortgage and other types of lending.

The plan is based on forecasts of 5% economic growth, 10% inflation and an exchange rate of 2,150 bolivares to the US dollar, which will remain unchanged from the current year, Merentes guaranteed in his speech.

The government currently receives almost half its income from the oil industry and the 2007 budget is based on a price of $29 a barrel of oil. The average price of a barrel of Venezuelan crude oil is $58 for 2006 so far, so the cash available to spend could quite easily exceed the budget plan. This happened last year when 30 trillion bolivares extra spending was available. These year by year spending increases have caused the money supply to grow to five times its size since 2003.

* The National Assembly will debate the budget plan next Tuesday, October 22. Subsequently, it will be sent to the Parliamentary Finance Commission where those responsible from the Finance and Energy & Oil Ministries will meet to finalize the plan.

Finally, according to the President of the Finance Commission, Rodrigo Cabezas, the plan will be approved by the legislature by December 7 at the latest.

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Fonte: BANCA CENTRALE VENEZUELANA.

(ricordate che, inoltre, esiste un controllo del cambio che sterilizza l'inflazione "esterna" che viene "aggiunta" quando i cambi torneranno liberi)

El índice de precios al consumidor
en el país se ubicó en 0,7 por
ciento en el mes de octubre, lo
que da una inflación acumulada
de 13,4 por ciento para los diez
primeros meses de 2006, reportó
el Banco Central de Venezuela
(BCV).
El Indice de Precios al Consumidor
(IPC) del mes pasado colocó
la inflación acumulada de 2006 en
13,4 por ciento, mayor al 12,3 por
ciento registrado en el mismo período
del año pasado, indicó el
ente emisor en un comunicado.
La inflación del décimo mes del
año fue “notablemente inferior al
1,9 por ciento observado en septiembre,
y similar al 0,6 por ciento reportada
en octubre del año pasado”,
agregó la información oficial.
El BCV señaló que la desaceleración
del crecimiento de los
precios en octubre pasado estuvo
determinada por bajas de precios
de los productos agrícolas asociadas
a una mayor oferta durante
el período.
Precisó que mostraron aceleraciones
en los precios los grupos
bebidas alcohólicas y tabacos,
pasaron de un 0,5 por ciento
septiembre a un 3,8 por ciento
octubre; restaurantes y hoteles,
2,2 por ciento a un 2,6 por ciento;
y alquiler de viviendas,
por ciento a 1,0 por ciento.
La inflación venezolana cerrará
este año en un máximo de
por ciento, según cálculos directivos
del BCV, que ajustaron
previsión del indicador después
de la repentina aceleración
crecimiento de los precios registrada
a partir de mayo pasado.
El pronóstico inicial de la
inflacionaria al cierre de
era de un 10 por ciento.

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