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📰 NEWS | Venezuelans Pick State-Funded Projects to Address Local Community Needs Millions of Venezuelans took part on March 8 in the first National Popular Consultation of 2026, a participatory mechanism allowing organized communities to select and manage publicly funded projects. Voting took place across 5,336 communal circuits, where residents aged 15 and older chose among proposals previously discussed in local assemblies. Projects focused on priorities such as water distribution, electrical grid repairs, infrastructure works, healthcare equipment, food production, and cooking gas cylinder replacement. Once approved by majority vote, each project receives US$10,000 in state funding, transferred directly to the community for self-managed execution. Read our full report here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/4jxUm #Communes#NationalPopularConsultation