Mayor of Caracas said that community projects will receive 92% of the 2026 budget

Published at: 11/12/2025 03:20 PM

The mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez, announced that 92% of the resources of the Participatory Budget of the Libertador municipality will be allocated to social investment.

“We are guaranteeing our people all services, (...) social assistance, (...) health, education, culture, sports, recreation, as are the lines of our president Nicolás Maduro,” he said after presenting the Participatory Budget 2026 to the Municipal Council for approval.

He stressed that community projects that are not selected as priorities in popular consultations will also have financial support. “The projects that come second in the 299 communes of Caracas already have their budget guaranteed,” he said.

The mayor indicated that this methodology will be repeated in 2026, so that the 1,162 projects that rank second in the current cycle will also receive resources. “It is our people who decide what their priorities are in the territory,” he stressed.

VTV/Mazo News Team