00:00 And, despite the US sanctions and the Western media narratives of a spiraling economy, Venezuela
00:24 thrives thanks to its resilience and the strength of its people.
00:28 To showcase the reality of the South American nation beyond all the misconceptions or the
00:33 fake news, Telusur presents the series "Venezuela on the Move", touring the nation from North
00:39 to the South, from the mountains to the plainlands.
00:44 In its first episode, our colleague Adriana Sibori takes us to Portuguesa State, where
00:49 prosperity rises from the cornfields.
00:51 Let's see.
00:55 In oil-rich Venezuela, corn is planted.
00:58 It is part of Venezuelans' daily diet and, depending on the variety, is also used for
01:03 animal feed.
01:06 Its cultivation responds to climate behavior.
01:09 However, experts are sure that with good soil moisture management is well maintained.
01:15 The land here is privileged, with very good yields.
01:21 In previous years, we have been declining, but we are trying to get ahead with good production
01:26 and good yields.
01:30 Production seems to be advancing in the center of the nation, where Los Maneres is located,
01:35 one of the private farms that produces corn.
01:40 Antonio works here.
01:41 He is an expert and crop specialist.
01:47 I graduated in 2018, but I have been working with my father since I was a child.
01:53 A great teacher with empirical knowledge, very valuable to put into practice here, and
01:58 greatly complements the scientific knowledge the university gave me.
02:04 They carefully check each plant.
02:07 This farm is expecting this year's production of corn cob to exceed 9,000 kilograms.
02:14 It's a normal plague, and here is the will of God as we say.
02:18 Everything is normal here, everything is out of danger.
02:20 The only thing left to do is to remove weeds.
02:24 But everything is under control.
02:27 Corn is the most important crop in the agricultural sector, which increased by 52 percent, something
02:33 that was achieved despite the blockade imposed by the United States, according to government
02:38 data.
02:39 We already have businessmen from Argentina, from China, from Turkey, from Uruguay, who
02:44 are cultivating in alliance with our producers.
02:47 It was not that they came here and grabbed the land.
02:49 No, no, it is with our producers financing that production, which was one of the drawbacks
02:56 we had regarding financing.
02:58 Because if we did not have any revenue with reeds, how could we finance ourselves, right?
03:05 In this Caribbean country, according to government data, the overall cereal production grew by
03:11 48 percent compared to the previous year.
03:15 Adriana Siburi, Jesús Romero, TELESUR.
03:17 (chewing)
