June 14, 2018.
In what he described as “a partial and profound renovation of the executive cabinet,” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced through his social network account on Twitter a series of ministerial changes, highlighting the appointment of Delcy Rodríguez as Executive Vice President. In addition, he announced new ministers of Industries, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Foreign Trade, Urban Agriculture, Tourism, Public Works and Transport, Labor, Women and Eco-socialism. It also creates the new Ministry of Water Care.
The changes are:
Executive Vice-Presidency: Delcy Rodríguez Gómez.Economic Vice-Presidency: Tareck El AissamiMinister of Industries and National Production: Tareck El AissamiMinister of Fisheries and Aquaculture: Dante RivasMinister of Foreign Trade and International Investment: Yomana KoteichMinister of Urban Agriculture: Mayerlin AriasMinister of Tourism: Stella LugoMinister of Public Works: Marleny ContrerasMinister of Labor: Eduardo PiñateMinister for Women: Caryl BerthoMinister of Eco-socialism: Heryck RangelMinister of Water Care: Evelyn Vásquez
The following are twits sent by Maduro
Here is a summary of the sent tweets: Twitter 1: The epic victory of the people on May 20 forces us to a new beginning. Because of this mandate that you all have given me, I have decided a partial and profound renovation of the executive cabinet. Twitter 2: I have appointed as Executive Vice President a young and brave woman, daughter of a martyr, revolutionary and tested in a thousand battles; our sister Delcy Eloína Rodríguez.
Twitter 3: I promised an Economic Revolution to build the foundations of future well-being and prosperity. I entrust the responsibility of the Vice Presidency of this area, for the defense of the Venezuelan people, to our young, experienced and tested revolutionary Tareck El Aissami.
Twitter 4: I have also created a powerful Ministry of Industries and National Production, to unleash and recover the productive forces of Venezuela. I also entrust this task to our brother Tareck El Aissami.
Twitter 5: We put ourselves at the forefront in the preservation of aquifer species by prohibiting the harmful fishing of marine life. We must guarantee the people’s full access to fish as a healthy source of protein. I appoint a young manager, Dante Rivas, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Twitter 6: The Economic Revolution implies replacing the rentier model with a diversified one for export and encouragement for foreign investment. Something we must achieve! I nominate Yomana Koteich, a woman who is an expert in economics, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Investment.
Twitter 7: Youth and women are the hallmarks of this new beginning. A young socialist leader, Mayerlin Arias, embodies the role of the new generations for a better tomorrow. I appoint her to be Minister of Urban Agriculture so she can re-launch a crucial plan for food sovereignty. Twitter 8: Our sister Stella Lugo, excellent governor of the state of Falcon for two periods, and current head of the Insular Miranda Territory, receives the Ministry of Tourism, to continue the progress and accelerate the development of this important sector for the national productive life.
Twitter 9: Marleny Contreras, hard-working, dignified and capable woman, who laid the foundations for the full development of tourist activity in Venezuela when I assigned her that mission, is our new Minister of Public Works. I know that she will fully comply in this new area of responsibility.
Twitter 10: A brother of the Great Patriotic Pole, Hipólito Abreu, has demonstrated commitment to the Revolution, is the new Minister of Transportation. We must listen to the voice of the people, in relaunching our Transport Mission, to put an end to the influence of the mafias and achieve a modern system of public transport.
Twitter 11: A brother and union leader is our new Minister of Labor: Eduardo Piñate. I have ordered him to strengthen the construction of a powerful workers movement and strengthen the task of the Productive Councils of the workers, a powerful tool against the Economic War.
Twitter 12: Our Revolution is deeply feminist. To protect 6 million Homes of the Homeland, and that all our women in gestation are protected by the Humanized Delivery Plan and the Breastfeeding Program I nominate Minister of Women to Caryl Bertho.
Twitter 13: Plan of the Homeland (Plan de la Patria) 2025 incorporates the peremptory task of preserving life on the planet. I appoint a young ecologist, Heryck Rangel, Minister of Eco-socialism, to attend this mission, as well as the protection of the environment and the collection of solid waste.
Twitter 14: Access to water and care for water resources are millennium goals that we will surely meet. I created the Ministry of Water Care, and appointed a young technician, Evelyn Vásquez, to attend this task and strengthen the technical water tables.
Twitter 15: I thank from my heart my sisters and brothers who stood with me in the middle of the most serious moments that the Republic experienced in the last decades. Together we will achieve peace, together we will conquer the future. New responsibilities and challenges await us. I count on you forever.
Source: Alba Ciudad, translated by Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau