President Maduro: We will never give up, we will never betray Bolivar and Chávez

Presentation of the annual message to the Nation by President Nicolás Maduro
Presidential Press

Published at: 15/01/2024 02:47 PM

The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, during the presentation of the report and account for the year 2023, reiterated his commitment to the recovery of Venezuela and not to give up or betray the people.

In this regard, the head of state assured that the country's recovery will be achieved, as before, with his own efforts, while assuring from the National Assembly that “we will never give up, we will never betray Bolívar, we will never betray Chávez.”

“We are pushing hard forward and achieving our own path, our own formula in a multidimensional way, overcoming the war. Likewise, new and important alliances are being made with companies around the world; obtaining important impressions guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws.”

The national dignitary indicated that in 2023 Venezuela showed an increase of 12.3% in crude oil exports “generating an increase in oil exports and a recovery of our blocked and attacked PDVSA (Petroleum of Venezuela) industry. In addition, he highlighted the strength of those who make up the oil company “in their internal activities, despite the sanctions and the corrupt mafias that became entrenched in the industry and put themselves at the service of plans of national destruction.”

I specify that the year 2023 closed giving the Nation 6,230 million direct dollars and recalled that “we went from 54 billion dollars to 700 million dollars. Last year we reached close to 5 billion dollars and we have still taken a modest step, but we have taken it with our own efforts, with the guts”.

He also explained that from PDVSA's income, “we pay salaries, we invest to maintain health and education missions, we have free and quality public education, we have free quality public health recovering, we build 500 thousand homes.”

Mazo News Team

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