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Millions
of
Venezuelans
in
Social
Programs
against
Poverty
More
than
two
million
Venezuelans
are
registered
in
the
great
missions
"Sons
of
Venezuela"
and
"Venezuela
in
Love
Major"
social
programs
aimed
at
eliminating
extreme
poverty
in
this
country,
President
Hugo
Chavez
said
Thursday.
During
the
second
round
of
financial
allocations
to
the
beneficiaries
of
these
government
initiatives,
Chavez
said
from
the
Miraflores
Palace
that
those
missions
were
mostly
created
last
year
to
counteract
the
poverty
rates
in
this
country.
The
Great
Mission
"Sons
of
Venezuela"
aims
at
accelerating
the
reduction
of
the
critical
shortage
in
the
country,
through
the
protection
of
the
most
vulnerable
sectors
such
as
children,
pregnant
women
and
persons
with
disabilities.
The
strategy
"Venezuela
in
Love
Major"
benefits
elderly
people
who
do
not
receive
retirement
pensions
from
the
Venezuelan
Institute
of
Social
Security
(IVSS)
because
they
do
not
pay
quotes
to
that
entity
in
the
past.
So
on
Wednesday,
1,036,791
people
were
enrolled
in
the
project
"Venezuela
in
Love
Major"
while
"Sons
of
Venezuela"
had
recorded
1,051,770,
said
Chavez.
Chavez
repudiated
the
criticism
of
the
Venezuelan
opposition
who
accuse
him
of
being
"giving
alms
to
the
people"
and
clarified
that
these
governmental
inclusive
plans
only
tries
to
give
options
to
those
most
in
need
to
put
an
end
to
inequality.
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