*Squares and public institutions to be decorated with Christmas themes
*Christmastime heralds the arrival of Venezuelan gastronomic traditions
*Increasing consumption capacity is one of the challenges
*Christmastime heralds the arrival of Venezuelan gastronomic traditions
*Increasing consumption capacity is one of the challenges
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00:00And the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro,
00:02informed that the country is already
00:04preparing for Christmas, encouraging
00:06the initiatives of commerce and the population in general.
00:09Let's go to the details.
00:14Stores are slowly starting to get
00:17ready for the holiday season.
00:19This retail, decoration, and houseware store
00:22already has all the trimmings.
00:24On the streets, the mood is beginning to lift.
00:29Ayacas, pan de jamĂłn, whatever.
00:32We enjoy it.
00:37As we do every year, saving a little bit
00:39to be able to celebrate in December.
00:42As in previous years, the president of Venezuela
00:45announced that as of October the 1st,
00:46all public squares and institutions
00:48will go into Christmas mode.
00:52It smells like Christmas, and that is why this year,
00:55in homage to you, in gratitude to you,
00:58I am going to decree that Christmas will be brought
01:00forward to October 1st.
01:02Christmas begins on October 1st for all of us.
01:07Christmas arrived with peace, happiness, and security.
01:16Christmas is one of the favorite times of the Venezuelan people.
01:20The gaitas, traditional music, announce its arrival,
01:23and all the culinary traditions are activated.
01:26Ayacas, torada, negra, and pan de jamĂłn, among others,
01:29each bakery or home baker has its own recipe.
01:36We give ourselves the pleasure of making it the way we want it.
01:40As such, at home, we can add more, less.
01:43We made it in different ways, with malt, without malt,
01:46according to your taste, your palate.
01:52On the streets, merchants and citizens
01:54prepare with products and offers for the end of the year.
01:59I think it is very good, because this way we
02:01will be able to advance little by little
02:03for that date in December.
02:08We are encouraged, waiting for the best month for the sale,
02:11the best month, waiting to put the promotions,
02:13so that people are encouraged, buy their new clothes,
02:16waiting for that month with eagerness.
02:20One of the challenges for the last months of the year
02:23is to increase consumption capacity, which
02:25would also increase the figures for trade and other items.
02:31Oil is Venezuela's main export item.
02:34It is the one that in some way continues to leverage
02:37the Venezuelan economy.
02:40Nevertheless, in Venezuela today,
02:42there are already other non-oil products
02:44that have begun to be exported from Venezuela.
02:48We can talk about coffee, cocoa, and other items,
02:51including seafood products.
02:54We are strengthening the industry in Venezuela
02:57for exports.
02:58This is a change of model.
03:03The Venezuelan economy is preparing
03:05to finish off the year, in line with the good figures
03:08it has been showing, with over 8% growth,
03:11the highest in the region.