The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, met in La Guaira with the Canarian community in Venezuela and explained that the beneficiaries of the aid from the Government of the Canary Islands in Venezuela have doubled in the last four years. About 55,000 Canarians and descendants live in Venezuela.
Torres has detailed that the aid from the Canarian executive has increased to 1.6 million euros and 6,500 beneficiaries. The same is true for aid for medicines, from 200,000 euros to 600,000, with an increase in beneficiaries from 1,500 to 4,500, or the agreement with the Spain Health Foundation, which goes from 600,000 euros to 1.1 million, with an increase from 845 to the current 1,211 beneficiaries.
The Canarian Union of Venezuela, whose facilities Torres visited, focuses much of its action on sports, cultural and social activities, a work that the president valued during his stay, given that the purpose of the entity is to maintain the link with their homeland.
Medical office and day center
Torres placed special emphasis on the social and health care work carried out in this center, where there is a medical office and a day center for people over 65 years of age in vulnerable situations, in addition to providing home help. All these activities are financed by the Government of the Canary Islands.
Torres was pleased to visit La Guaira, a Venezuelan state where the most people of Canarian origin are concentrated and where many boats of island emigrants arrived in the 20th century. The President of the Canary Islands stressed that in countries such as Venezuela, Cuba, Uruguay and Argentina there are many Canarians: "It is like a large island and my duty is to be with them, listen to them and meet their needs."
The President of the Canary Islands addressed the people who attended the event to inform them that "the Government of the Canary Islands will continue to support all aid policies for Canarians residing in Venezuela." In this line, he stressed that, as in Cuba, in Venezuela all aid programs have been gradually increased in this legislature.
