The National Congress "Common Causes for Mother Earth" is meeting for two days in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, starting this April 21st with the aim of turning the climate debate into methods of action and transformation that contribute to preserving the environment.
The first meeting takes place from the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Venezuelan School of Planning where the delegates work in an intensive session from 08:00 to 17:30 local time.
During the sessions, 1,200 participants from all regions of Venezuela are expected to analyze proposals aimed at protecting ecosystems and mitigating the effects of global warming, reaffirming the State's commitment to defending the rights of nature in order to consolidate a unified environmental agenda.
This strategic space strengthens the connection between the State and the People's Power. The central objective of this debate is to move from consultation to implementation , building an ecosocialist development model with a direct impact on each territory through real solutions in key areas.
The event is organized through working groups that address urgent and cross-cutting issues from scientific, political, and social perspectives. Key themes include the Chuquisaca Plan, waste and solid waste management, and the circular economy.
Additionally, working groups have been established to address legislation, environmental awareness, and training , along with a specific space dedicated to the climate crisis and biodiversity protection, integrating efforts to advance solutions that guarantee a living planet. This space will serve to systematize the 1,650 grassroots assemblies held by social movements and communes throughout the country in the preceding months.
For his part, the Minister of Popular Power for Ecosocialism, Alfred Nazaret Ñáñez , explained that these meetings, which began in March, allowed the reactivation of the environmental agenda from the communes and social movements.
Ñáñez clarified that "this is not a space for diagnoses, but rather for coming together to work on the ground, prioritizing actions by bioregion under the premise of uniting those who are committed to the cause of life." Regarding the Chuquisaca Plan, the minister maintained that it represents the most ambitious and largest reforestation effort ever undertaken by any government in the world.
He explained that this project brings together schools that "plant water" and the Tree Mission for the protection of watersheds, applying sophisticated and modern techniques for the restoration of ecosystems with native criteria.
The activity features a real-time streaming platform to ensure that what the territories have to say regarding guidance is clearly heard .
She also recalled that environmental rights in the country are the result of popular participation since the 1999 Constituent Assembly. Finally, she emphasized that this meeting is extremely useful thanks to the ideas of the people and the will of the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez , to consolidate an updated work agenda in defense of nature.
In this sense, Venezuela is consolidating ecosocialism as a structural response to predatory capitalism , uniting two centuries of history in a single course of action. This vision began in 1825 with Simón Bolívar and his Chuquisaca Decree, which ordered the reforestation of one million trees to heal the land after the war.
The Liberator understood that national sovereignty depended directly on the protection of the soil and water. For his part, Commander Hugo Chávez elevated this mandate to a constitutional and geopolitical level. With the Fifth Objective of the Plan de la Patria (Homeland Plan ), Chávez denounced the capitalist system as the culprit of the climate crisis and demanded a change in the global model to save the human species.
This struggle transformed traditional environmentalism into a tool for liberation for the peoples of the Global South. Furthermore, President Nicolás Maduro continued to deepen this path through the Sixth Transformation (6T) and the Chuquisaca Plan.
The Bolivarian Government is promoting native reforestation and communal power to protect bioregions. This Venezuelan model prioritizes life and social justice , recovering ancestral roots in the face of environmental destruction imposed by imperial powers.
To conclude this historic event, the activities will move to the Teresa Carreño Theater tomorrow, Wednesday, April 22. The final day will begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 7:00 p.m. local time, at which time the work agenda for bioregions and the consolidation of the Great Mission Mother Earth Venezuela are expected to be presented .
Both spaces guarantee the leading participation of the organized people to consolidate an environmental awareness that transcends theory and translates into community impact projects.