Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez chairs the first economic cabinet meeting of 2025, at the Vice Presidency headquarters in Caracas, January 18, 2025. Photo: Venezuelan Vice Presidency.
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said that 2025 will be a year focused on protecting and boosting the purchasing power of workers. On Saturday, January 18, at the Vice Presidential Office headquarters in Caracas, Rodríguez held the first meeting with the economy cabinet that she chairs, to evaluate the economic measures to be implemented during 2025.
In this regard, she said that this year there will be progress in the public and private sectors for the benefit of the people.
“There is good news in the production sector, which is being demonstrated in the efforts of the public and private sectors to continue advancing towards a common goal,” she stated. “We are working for the social happiness of the Venezuelan people, guaranteeing the ability to improve the purchasing power of workers, as the president has said that 2025 will be a year of protecting the purchasing power of workers.'”
In his annual address to the nation a few days ago, President Nicolás Maduro announced that this year there will be a substantial improvement in the overall income of Venezuelans.
Chavismo, historically engaged in the defense of the rights of Venezuelan workers, has been heavily impacted as a direct result of the economic warfare and illegal US sanctions that remain imposed on Venezuela. Despite the unprecedented level of economic coercion, the Maduro administration has been able to slowly recover the economy as well as some of the lost wage levels of Venezuelans. However, there are concerns that the improvements in the economic field have not had the desired impact in the salaries, as the increases are being delivered as special bonuses.
In his message to the nation, President Maduro guaranteed that in 2025 his government will substantially improve the comprehensive income of workers and their purchasing power, “preserving the indexation mechanism with great efforts,” referring to the decision of calculating these recent bonuses in US dollars to avoid the impact of currency devaluation.
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Venezuela is producing for export
Vice President Delcy Rodríguez also highlighted the government’s commitment to production for export.
She said that the government plans to boost foreign trade, “a strategic sector for us, foreign currency income from foreign trade and development of the export sector.”
She added that in 2024, Venezuela recorded a 13% increase in the production of chicken, 26.86% in eggs, 24% in buffalo meat, 11% in sausages, 5% in fishing, and 43% in aquaculture.
The nutritional deficit was at 4.6% in 2024, one of the best figures in Latin America.
(RedRadioVE) by Ana Perdigón
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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