Venezuela assures that it can contribute to the solution of the food crisis

The Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, assured yesterday at the Anti-Inflation Summit that her country can be a fundamental part of the solution to the region’s food crisis without sanctions and by activating the energy industry.

“Venezuela, at full productive capacity, without extortive sanctions, can be a fundamental part of the solution”, said the Vice President during the summit, convened by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Rodríguez, who read the speech on behalf of the head of state, Nicolás Maduro, emphasized that those who excluded the South American nation from the world energy formula “today recognize their blunder”.

During his presentation, which was made in virtual format, he called to “boldly and collectively assume an alternative path to defeat inflation and hunger in the region”. In this sense, she proposed to promote the Venezuelan energy source.

He recalled that Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves and the eighth largest proven gas reserves, essential resources for agro-input production.

He was willing to work together and with alliances in the public and private sectors to reduce extra-regional dependence.

Finally, he blamed the capitalist system for the global crisis. She proposed five lines of work: the first is to consolidate an energy alliance between the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

As a second point, he proposed the construction of a new regional financial architecture; the third line is related to establishing the principle of complementarity in the different economies.

Rodriguez indicated that the fourth point is “interconnecting as a single block with the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa),” In fifth place, he rejected financial blockades.

Eleven countries participated in the Anti-Inflation Summit: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the latter in its capacity as president pro tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).