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CUBAN LIBRARIES
SOLIDARITY GROUP
The Venezuelan government
began to distribute on Tuesday more than 13 million books The so-called "family libraries" printed and donated by Cuba are sets of 25 books by renowned world authors. They are to be presented to approximately 550,000 Venezuelan children who successfully completed sixth grade this year. Events similar to Caracas', where some 15,000 of these family libraries were distributed, took place throughout Venezuela, Chavez said. Education is the "first priority" of his "Bolivarian revolution," the president underscored. The sets include works by Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Jose Marti, Honore de Balzac, Ruben Dario, Mario Benedetti, Nicolas Guillen, Pablo Neruda, Daniel Defoe, Jack London and Antoine de Saint Exupery, among others. Chavez, a leftist-populist former army colonel who is a friend and admirer of Fidel Castro, expressed his "deepest gratitude" to Havana. |