Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I am president of the Société Bolivarienne du Québec. In our work, we are affiliated to the international Hands Off Venezuela campaign. Our goal is to raise awareness, especially amongst workers and students, about what happening in Venezuela. Our main task is to promote the soci

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I have more to say, but I do not what to take all the time for myself.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I can hand you my brief.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Does this mean they have lost their speaking time.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I know I speak too fast.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would like to say a word about power concentration and the shrinking of the democratic space. Concerning power concentration, as I said earlier, community councils have been set up under the new 1999 Constitution. The goal is to give the power to the people. Well, it seems you

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I made serious research. In villages, people are involved in community councils, and they are elected to do that. They get participatory budgets similar to those who became popular in Brazil to develop their own projects in their community. As I said earlier, water projects have

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  May I say one more thing? It will not be long.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, except when we organize various events, people work with us at the door. We are selling documents we write and various publications.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I have the Constitution here if you want to check it.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Actually, UNESCO said that Venezuela has eliminated illiteracy.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Are you offering?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We have no money.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We do not have any employees. We are just voluntary workers and activists.