The dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Monday (17) the signing of contracts with some countries that are part of the Brics group of emerging economies – of which Brazil is part – to invest in the Venezuelan Corporation of Guyana (CVG), a conglomerate of public mining, plant extractivism and electrical resources companies.
“I obtained the investments, contracts were signed with the Brics countries, the emerging world, and in the short term we will have the capital, technology and new markets for all our companies”, declared the Chavista leader, without detailing when the operations will begin. in force, during a campaign rally in the state of Bolívar, in the south of the country, where the CVG headquarters are located.
In front of dozens of workers from companies belonging to this state group, Maduro, who will seek re-election on July 28, asked for a “vote of confidence” to carry out the investment plan, with which he promises to boost the development of the conglomerate, whose production and profitability have collapsed in the last decade.
“I obtained enough investments to make the companies more powerful and consolidate them from now on with more strength”, he claimed, in an attempt to place workers as allies at the polls.
The dictator stated that his authoritarian government obtained these investments, without detailing the total amount, through the so-called Anti-Blocking Law, which allows the regime to sign secret contracts, without reporting to Parliament, with the aim of circumventing international economic sanctions.
The Maduro regime reiterated its interest in joining BRICS and made Venezuela’s oil reserves, the largest in the world, available to the group for possible trade agreements.
The country’s Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, had already participated last week in a meeting of the group of emerging economies, in Russia, at which time Venezuela’s desire to accelerate its entry as a full member of the bloc of countries became clear.
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