📝 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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📝 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
#AfroVenezuelans#CommunalandWorkingClassResistance#Communes#Fishing
📝 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 Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas State, fisherfolk have had to adapt to US sanctions by returning to traditional methods. Gas shortages and the high cost of boat maintenance have reduced their fleet by 70%. "The river is here, but fishing gear is scarce and expensive," says Xiomara Díaz, spokesperson for the Ayacucho Commune and UBCH. Yet, collective organization has provided some solutions, including fuel allocations through the local government.
🔗 Learn more here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/the-ayacucho-commune-the-impact-of-the-us-blockade-on-amazonian-fisherfolk-part-iii/
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📝 INTERVIEW | Culture and Resistance: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
Afro-Venezuelan communards on the southern shore region of Lake Maracaibo discuss the intersection of culture and organization. The Chimbánguele drumming cycle around San Benito of Palermo is not only a religious devotion but also a way of learning leadership, collective responsibility, and self-governance.
While men lead the drumming, women take part through the Gaita de tambora, using song to tell stories, critique, and celebrate, ensuring their voices are central in the community.
Culture here is both memory and organization, a living practice that anchors communal life.
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/Cy0Yr
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📝 INTERVIEW | A Story of Resistance and Renewal: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
The Palmarito Afrodescendant Commune, founded in 2011, gathers around 3,000 people along Lake Maracaibo’s southern shore. Its roots, however, stretch back to centuries of anti-colonial resistance and Afro-Venezuelan cultural traditions such as devotion to San Benito and the Chimbánguele.
In the latest VA interview, commune members reflect on syncretism, anti-colonial struggles, and grassroots organization.
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/hase1
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📝 INTERVIEW | Chávez’s Legacy in Action: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
In Palmarito, an Afro-descendant commune on Lake Maracaibo’s southern shore, Chávez’s legacy lives on through collective work and self-governance. Residents recall how the Bolivarian Revolution brought education, paved roads, and political inclusion to a once-invisible community.
Now, through popular consultations, they directly decide and manage local projects, turning participatory democracy into daily practice.
🔗 Learn more in the latest VA interview:https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/chavezs-legacy-in-action-the-palmarito-afro-descendant-commune-part-v/
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Naughty Peach
😂 used a stick to prank Goma's fishing pole 🎣
😅, so tonight's fish will have to be bought from the supermarket.
#Fishing#Prank#Pranking#Cats
👋@PeachLovesGoma
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🚢Рост цен на топливо парализует рыболовный флот Европы.
Резкий рост цен на дизель привёл к остановке до половины рыболовного флота Нидерландов, где особенно пострадали энергоёмкие траулеры.
По данным отрасли, расходы на топливо выросли с €12–13 000 до почти €30 000 в неделю — уровня, сопоставимого с выручкой, что делает рейсы нецелесообразными.
Часть промыслового флота вынужденно остаётся в портах, что снижает предложение рыбы и повышает цены на рынке (например, цена морского языка выросла с €12 до €18 за кг).
Для судоходства это сигнал того, что рост стоимости бункера влияет не только на грузовые перевозки, но и на иные морские отрасли, усиливая давление на операционные модели.
📌VisNed — нидерландская отраслeвая организация, представляющая интересы рыболовных компаний; действует как профессиональная ассоциация.
#Shipping#Fuel#Fishing#Energy#Europe
Along the Orinoco River, fishing has long been a way of life rooted in collective work and respect for nature. Under the US blockade, fisher folk in the Ayacucho Commune are addressing challenges with ingenuity and solidarity.
From boat rotations to crafting curiaras together, they are building resilience and self-governance while working toward food sovereignty. As José Flores, the state coordinator of fisher folk for the Ayacucho Commune, says, "the river brings us together."
🔗 Read the full report here 👉🏽https://shorturl.at/4OGYk
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In Puerto Ayacucho, Ayacucho Commune fisherfolk combines tradition with communal organization to counter the effects of US sanctions. To secure food sovereignty, they plan to build a refrigeration facility to bypass exploitative intermediaries. As José Flores, state coordinator of fisher people for the Ayacucho Commune, said: 'Fishing is more than work; it binds the community together.'
Learn more in VA’s latest Communal Resistance series interview: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/the-ayacucho-commune-a-fishing-community-on-the-orinoco-part-i/
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📝 INTERVIEW | Living through the Blockade in an Indigenous Community: The 4F Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune
In Venezuela’s Amazonas state, the February 4 Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ Commune weathered the crisis with self-sufficiency. Amid fuel shortages and economic hardship, they relied on traditional farming, hunting, and herbal medicine.
"Our production never stopped. When transport was scarce, we walked to the market and traded for what we needed," states communard Nereo López Pérez, a popular educator and professor who works to preserve the stories of Limón de Parhueña.
Beyond survival, Indigenous leaders reflect on Chávez’s legacy. "Before the Revolution, we weren’t even recognized," says Sirelyis Rivas, a spokesperson of the Limón de Parhueña Communal Council, highlighting how Venezuela’s Constitution enshrined their languages and land rights.
🔗 Read more in the latest VA interview here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/living-through-the-blockade-in-an-indigenous-community-the-4f-huo%cc%a7tto%cc%a7ja%cc%a7-commune-part-iii/
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