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Paramilitaries and corruptos captured in VenezuelaJune 10, 2013 Sabina Becker [image: maduro-tweets] For anyone wondering if the fight in Venezuela against corruption and paramilitary terrorism is going to let up now that Chavecito is no longer there, wonder no more. Its still going strong, and its turning up criminals all over the place:<http://www.aporrea.org/regionales/n230486.html> *The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced on Sunday that state security forces had captured two paramilitary bands intending to attack Venezuela.* * On his Twitter account, @NicolasMaduro, he wrote: We have captured two paramilitary bands which came to attack our Venezuela, one in Táchira and the other in Portuguesa. Details to come. Later, he wrote: Justice Minister Rodríguez Torres will give more information on Monday. Congratulations to our security forces. We must remain alert for our nations peace. * *On Sunday, Maduro also announced that an anti-corruption operation by defence forces had dismantled a band which was extorting the proprietors of commercial establishments. He also thanked the people for their denunciations, and added that corruption is a disease of the antivalues of capitalism, and called upon all the country to confront it.* Translation mine. And heres one big example of how serious the Maduro government is about fighting against corruption: theyre not about to spare civil servants or government appointees caught with their hands in the cookie jar, either:<http://www.aporrea.org/contraloria/n230491.html> *Authorities detained the national director of inspections for the Institute for the Defence of Persons in Access to Goods and Services (INDEPABIS), Trino Martínez, member of a gang which had been extorting proprietors of businesses in Caracas.* * In an exclusive broadcast on VTV, the subject was apprehended in El Valle by police agents. A large sum of money and a firearm were seized. Martínez was advisor to the former president of INDEPABIS, Consuelo Cerrada, who was fired on Sunday. * *The president of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, announced via Twitter (@NicolasMaduro): Early this morning we began an anticorruption operation in Indepabis against a group of extortionists. Well get to the bottom [of this in the fight] against corruption. * Again, translation mine. Heres the video of that arrest going down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ahiz7I9slVo The new director of INDEPABIS is Eduardo Samán<http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/5724>, who has occupied that position before. His prior experience should stand him in good stead; he knows the agency inside and out. Hes also an outspoken critic of the bolibourgeois corruptos, and that bodes well for his dedication to the task at hand. When a government agency in charge of making sure that people get access to the goods and services they need is eaten from within by those who would deny them that access, a radical approach is needed, and Samáns radicalism is just what the doctor ordered. The time for so-called realpolitik is over. *Samáns words from three years ago ring true now: To believe that we have to strengthen a bourgeoisie to develop capitalism in order to later go to socialism is to jump over hurdles. I think this is incorrect because weve had a dose of it and we have gone backwards. Here, the Bolivarian bourgeoisie was strengthened and look what the results have been.* *Indeed. A director fired, her advisor arrested and thats just the tip of the iceberg. Add to it the usual assortment of imported Colombian mercenaries, serving some really bourgeois right-wing politicians and land- and business owners, and you get corruption networks all across the board. Maduros got his work cut out for him, but this is a very good start.* Great Patriotic Pole to Participate in Venezuelas Local Elections Jun 9th 2013, by Sascha Bercovitch [image: In preparation for the 8 December municipal elections, in which 337 mayoral posts will be decided, Maduro indicated that the sel] In preparation for the 8 December municipal elections, in which 337 mayoral posts will be decided, Maduro indicated that the selection of candidates would be through a unitary method, integrating the numerous assemblies and left-wing parties that make up the Great Patriotic Pole (AVN). Caracas, June 9th 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) Against the fascist right wing, there is only one way to emerge victorious: the power of the people, President Nicolas Maduro said in an address before the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) in Caracas on Saturday afternoon. In preparation for the 8 December municipal elections, in which 337 mayoral posts will be decided, Maduro indicated that the selection of candidates would be through a unitary method, integrating the numerous movements and left-wing parties that make up the GPP. Founded in October 2011 the GPP includes organizations such as the United Socialist Party of Venezuela(PSUV), the Communist Party (PCV), and the Tupamaros, and originally aimed to help movements and collectives organize together at a national level. Until he passed away the GPP had not supported any candidates other than Hugo Chavez, and did not participate in the December 2012 regional elections. Maduro led the assembly in an oath to construct a great historical bloc to consolidate the anti-imperialist, socialist, and *Chavista* revolution and to work for the union, for the development of the political and social forces that bind together the majority of Venezuela. Some like to take oaths with their hand over their heart, others with a closed fist in the air, but what's important is to take our oath in with the truth of our spirit, he said. Maduro also took the opportunity to address critics who had previously accused him of homophobia. Echoing the spokesperson of the LGBTI organization which attended the conference, Maduro emphasized that the worst discriminator is he (sic) who denies his own nature, and thereby discriminates against himself. As you know, the fascist [campaign strategist] J.J. Rendon, a public enemy of Venezuela, ran a campaign accusing me of being homophobic, but the truth is that our people cannot be homophobic, because we don't discriminate against anyone, especially against our LGBTI brothers and sisters, whom we welcome with dignity to work for our country, he said, as supporters in the audience waved rainbow flags. The gathering, which was open to the public and contained an estimated 9,000 supporters, also featured an address from GPP coordinator Blanca Eekhout, who received media attention when she claimed to be preparing a jail cell for Henrique Capriles after protests of the April 14 presidential elections resulted in 11 deaths. Capriles, the governor of Miranda state, lost the election to Maduro by a 1.5% margin. We are the activists of Chavez, of the future, Eekhout said. This revolution is only possible with the unity of our diverse groups, and what we have in common is a profound love for our country We are privileged that our *comandante* [Chavez] has prevented a division, because he left a clear path. He left Nicolas Maduro as the leader of the homeland of Bolívar of the Great Patriotic Pole. The event follows an assembly of the PSUV on Thursday, during which Maduro called for unity as a means of moving forward with the countrys Bolivarian process. ------------------------------ *Source URL (retrieved on 10/06/2013 - 9:22am):* http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/9684 http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/06/the-bolivarian-campaign-against-homophobia.html The Bolivarian campaign against homophobiaJune 9, 2013 Sabina Becker [image: sexodiverso] *I am gay. I am lesbian. I am bisexual. I am transsexual. I am heterosexual. I am like you. I am human.* Add another stripe to that banner, one that reads I am Bolivarian. The LGBT movement in Venezuela has the support of no less than the president himself: <http://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n230454.html> *On Saturday, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro reflected before the Great Patriotic Pole Simón Bolívar about the conduct of those who discriminate against others, and exhorted the revolutionary political groups to strengthen their socialist values of respect and inclusion.* * The worst discriminator is the one who denies his own nature and, with that, discriminates against himself. He is like the overseer on a slave estate, who was black like all the others, and was more of a slave-driver than the owner of the estate, said the president, paraphrasing the words of Ingrid Varón, the spokesperson for the sex-diversity group. During the swearing-in of the GPP in the Caracas Poliedro, Maduro spoke of the initiatives of the political coalition, which consists of 26 national organizations, among them the sex-diversity collective. The president rejected the right-wing campaign to paint him as a homophobe. You know that the fascist J.J. Rendón,<http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/06/who-is-j-j-rendon.html> public enemy of Venezuela, launched a campaign saying that I was homophobic, but the truth is that the people cannot be homophobic, because we do not discriminate against anyone, much less our brothers and sisters of sexual diversity, whom we invite with dignity to come here to work for the nation, said Maduro. * *You of the sex-diversity movement can count on our support, accompaniment and love, Maduro added.* Translation mine. Linkage added. So we see, too, that our old pal Jota-Jota is up to his old dirty tricks, slamming the big guy on sexual grounds this time. Too bad for him that Nicolás Maduro is a strong supporter of LGBT rights, like Chavecito. There is nothing there for that mud to stick to. On the other hand, Ive often heard it said that Henrique Capriles Radonski is gay. (I know for a fact that JAVU leader Julio Rivas is.) If thats true, its a tremendous irony, since he has chosen to align himself with the most fascistic and homophobic elements in the country. And its quite possible that Maduro too has heard those rumors and is alluding to them in the interest of making his point: that a servant of fascism will deny his own identity in order to gain power over others at any cost. 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