📝 INTERVIEW | Descendents of Cacique Ähuänumä: The 4F Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune
In Venezuela’s Amazonas state, the February 4 Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune brings together Indigenous governance and communal socialism. With collective land tenure and assembly-based decision-making, its people continue a tradition of resistance.
The Life Plan is central to their way of life. Integrating ancestral wisdom and modern education, it dictates when to plant, hunt, and harvest—ensuring harmony with nature.
🔗 Read the latest interview from VA’s Communal Resistance Series here: https://shorturl.at/B37yt
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📸 IN IMAGES | Venezuelans Select State-Funded Initiatives to Address Local Needs in Latest Popular Consultation
Venezuelans headed to the polls on Sunday to pick local projects that will receive state funding. This was the fourth popular consultation of 2025.
Public service and infrastructure repairs were the most common initiatives put to a vote.
Communes Minister Ángel Prado praised the participation in Sunday's event.
Visit the link to see the full gallery: https://venezuelanalysis.com/images/venezuelans-select-state-funded-initiatives-to-address-local-needs-in-latest-popular-consultation/
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📝 INTERVIEW | ‘Fishing Provides for Everyone’: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
On the southern shore of Lake Maracaibo, communards sustain themselves through fishing, but equally through practices of solidarity. Nearly 90% of residents rely on fishing, and in Palmarito, the catch is distributed collectively so that no household is left behind.
Fisherfolk organize through councils (CONPPAs), including an all-women council, to manage resources, secure boats and nets, and ensure wealth stays in the community.
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/kdIT2
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"The world's challenges are many, and more so for my generation," says Lana Vielma, a young leader at El Maizal Commune. At just 21, her work is not only about governance but also about nurturing a project that places human beings at its center.
"The commune touched me like a magic wand... It offered me a new worldview and gave me a life purpose," Vielma reflects on her transformative experience with El Maizal. This commune is redefining what it means to build a future that values collective well-being over individual material success.
Click here to read the full interview: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/building-the-new-with-the-old-still-standing-a-conversation-with-lana-vielma/
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Upcoming Elections in Venezuela: On Dec. 15, more than 4,000 communal circuits nationwide will host elections to select 30,000 peace judges. These officials, chosen through popular vote, will mediate community disputes and address local governance issues under newly reformed laws.
Over 4,817 polling centers have been set up, and candidates present their plans in community assemblies and door-to-door campaigns. This initiative is part of Venezuela's broader efforts to advance grassroots democracy and participatory governance.
Read the full report here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-prepares-for-election-to-select-local-peace-judges/
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📝 INTERVIEW | Fisherfolk Resisting Imperialism: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
The US blockade disrupted food, fuel, and medicine supplies in Palmarito, a fishing community on Lake Maracaibo.
But instead of despair, residents relied on solidarity: reviving ancestral recipes, inventing fuel-saving motors, and sustaining schools with communal contributions. They also reopened their health center, now running 24/7 with communal funds.
🔗 Learn more in the latest VA interview: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/fisherfolk-resisting-imperialism-the-palmarito-afro-descendant-commune-part-iv
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In the Río Cataniapo Commune, communal power and tradition intersect to sustain food sovereignty and resist the impacts of the US blockade. The commune produces its staple casabe from yuca, managing every step from harvest to market.
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‘The Commune Is Nothing New Here’: The Rio Cataniapo Commune
The Rio Cataniapo Commune, located in the Venezuelan Amazon, brings together 1,500 people, mainly Indigenous, to protect the Cataniapo River and develop a sustainable agricultural economy. As Enrique Martínez, a Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ leader, explains: ‘Self-government and collective ownership are part of our heritage.’ Indigenous leadership remains key, but the community also seeks modern improvements while preserving tradition.
Read the full interview here 👉🏼https://shorturl.at/Xgst1
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🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Heyerde López: ‘Our Challenge Is Staying True as a Left-Wing Organization’
In the latest VA interview, activist Heyerde López reflects on the structural challenges facing grassroots organizing in Venezuela, pointing to the difficulty of sustaining long-term projects while maintaining political coherence. López, a member of "Fundación Nativa Crea" in Guarenas, frames this as a central tension: “The main challenge is staying true to our identity as a left-wing organization,” he says, highlighting mounting economic pressures and contradictions in the relationship between popular power initiatives and state institutions.
US sanctions and restrictions on wheat imports forced the closure of the group’s community bakery and café, key nodes in its local production network. The experience underscores how external constraints continue to impact grassroots economic initiatives. The collective is now working to relaunch these projects, with an emphasis on rebuilding communal forms of production and strengthening local productive capacity.
Despite these setbacks, "Fundación Nativa Crea" remains embedded in broader networks of communes and social movements, while expanding its work in political education, communications, and grassroots production.
Read the full interview here 👉https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/heyerde-lopez-our-challenge-is-staying-true-as-a-left-wing-organization/
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📝 INTERVIEW | ‘We’re Building a New Way of Life’: A Conversation with National Assembly Candidate Albanys Montilla
Albanys Montilla, a 27-year-old PSUV candidate and lifelong communard, believes the National Assembly must create laws that empower Venezuela’s communes to manage resources directly, without intermediaries.
She speaks about growing up under imperialist aggression and how sanctions fractured Venezuelan families, especially hurting women and youth. But Montilla also emphasizes the commune’s role in rebuilding consciousness through collective work and direct democracy.
'The commune is not just a slogan, it’s a reality we’re constructing. The new parliament must pass laws that let communities manage resources themselves.'
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/VKC47
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📝 INTERVIEW | Building Communal Power from the Mayor’s Office: A Conversation with Lisbed Carolina Parada
With municipal elections scheduled for Sunday, July 27, VA interviewed Lisbed Carolina Parada, mayoral candidate in the town of Urachiche, Yaracuy state.
A longtime communal activist, Parada discussed the need to put institutional spaces at the service of popular power in the territories.
Follow the link to read the interview: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/building-communal-power-from-the-mayors-office-a-conversation-with-lisbed-carolina-parada/
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During the unveiling of a mural featuring the iconic photo from her hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969, Leila profoundly linked the Venezuelan communes to the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity.
Story by VA writer Andreína Chávez: https://shorturl.at/SgYaR
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