NGO to share more information about Venezuela

One local non-governmental organisation plans to do more to educate Barbadians about the situation and conditions in Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

General Secretary of the Friends of Venezuela Solidarity Committee (Barbados), David Denny said the group will be rolling out “a number of activities”. Chief among the activities will be to use “social media to give people as much information as possible on what is happening in Venezuela and other Latin America countries that we have friendships with.”

He additionally said he was going to encourage the local media to visit the South American country to experience first-hand daily life and conditions in Venezuela. The information gathered he said would be reported and shared with Barbadians.

Denny comments came as he was addressing the Solidarity Press Conference held on Thursday at the Venezuelan Institute for Culture (IVCC), Embassy of Venezuela in Hastings, Christ Church.

During this event, he spoke about a recent trip by a local delegation to Venezuela for the inauguration of President, Nicolas Maduro who on January 10th commenced his second term in office. Maduro’s term will run from 2019 until 2025.

Denny said while there the group received a warm welcome at the airport. They attended a programme for all delegates where they met and interacted with persons from South Africa, Nigeria and other African states as well as Asia, Europe, North America and Latin America along with the Caribbean. During the stay, they also attended a military parade and a representative was at the inauguration.

“As a delegation from Barbados, we went to a very important session that took place in the Americas in a country that has over 30 million people. I felt honoured and proud to be able to receive an opportunity to travel to Venezuela to participate in a very important inauguration,” Denny further said about the experience.(MG)