Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a televised meeting on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Photo: Venezuelan Presidential Press.
During a televised meeting on Monday, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced the birth of the Communal Government of Transition to Socialism.
“Starting today, a Communal Transition Government to Socialism is declared with the 5,336 Self-Government Rooms, with the 5,336 territorial governments that have neighbors, families, communities, concrete forces that debate, participate, act, build, and make their territories visible for a new society,” stated the president.
The Venezuelan president explained that in 2024, when the popular consultation experiment began, 9,258 projects were approved, while in 2025, 33,743 projects were chosen — 8,248 in the first consultation, 6,257 in the second, 8,569 in the third, and 10,669 in the last.
President Maduro pointed out the guidelines for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela’s (PSUV) Politburo so that theories can be put into practice, actions applied, and results obtained in empowering the people.
• The first line of action for 2026 must ensure resources nationwide to finance the two most voted-for projects in every community. “Our goal is 42,688 projects and works approved and implemented by the people at the grassroots level. We must consolidate public works,” the head of state urged.
• The second line of action consists in strengthening the Planning and Action System of the Communes, combining the effectiveness of the Communal 1×10 System of Good Governance, the Concrete Action Agendas (ACA), the Map of Dreams, and the Plan of the 7 Transformations.
• The third line of action seeks to strengthen the self-government system, to which he requested the addition of the Robinsonian concept of toparchy, specifying that this system should create self-government councils, establishing a timeline to track when changes occur in the communities. He stated that the 5,536 self-government councils, with the communal bodies, guide the emergence of a transitional government toward communal socialism.
• Fourth, the president called for a greater boost to the communal economy, which he described as a phenomenon that “flourishes, produces, and trades.” In this regard, he requested the expansion of community banks. “All community circuits must have their own active community bank, which will serve to finance the projects of each community, according to its needs,” Maduro said, adding that there are currently 1,778 active community banks and called for an expansion to 4,000.
• As a fifth point, the head of state called for strengthening the network of Missions and Great Missions so that these social programs can reach many more beneficiaries. “All the missions must be represented in the networks of government and self-government,” the president suggested, guiding the development of social policies at the local level.
• Sixth, President Maduro directed efforts to expand training and communication processes in the communities, for which he called for greater collaboration with the university of the communes. “A solid communication apparatus should emerge from the self-governance centers to defend the truth about Venezuela,” he added.
• The seventh line of action is based on the security and defense of the territory and the homeland. Along these lines, he requested the participation of the Peace Quadrants and asked that there be at least one per communal circuit.
The Venezuelan president noted that this new communal logic has had an impact in the economic growth of the country as reported by the Ministry of Finance. Additionally, he explained that the economic projects within the commune should eventually allow these communes to self-finance their own projects.
Maduro’s days are numbered
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, US ruler Donald Trump expressed his belief that President Nicolás Maduro’s “days are numbered.”
In an interview with Politico, Trump issued a new ultimatum against President Maduro amid Washington’s aggressive campaign against Caracas in the Caribbean. In Venezuela, and among many analysts, it is understood that the White House’s objective is to force a regime change.
When reporter and host of Politico’s The Conversation Dasha Burns asked how far Trump was willing to go to oust Maduro, the US ruler responded, “I don’t want to say that.”
Although he declined to provide further details on how far he might go to remove the Venezuelan president from power, Trump hinted at his tacit support for military strikes on land in Venezuela.
In the same conversation, Trump did not rule out the possibility of taking similar actions against countries such as Colombia and Mexico. Trump said this after the journalist pointed out that other countries are “even more responsible [than Venezuela] for the trafficking of fentanyl to the US.”
(Alba Ciudad) with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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