Friday, February 1, 2019

Plan País

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[[File:Juan Guaidó - Plan País.png|250px|thumb|right|Guaidó presenting Plan País on 31 January 2019]]
'''Plan País''' (Plan for the Country) is a plan for the revitalization of [[Venezuela]]'s economy, petroleum industry, and social sectors.<ref name=GuardianPP/><ref name=UnivisionPP/>

During the [[2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis]], [[Juan Guaidó]] announced on 31 January that the [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly of Venezuela]] had approved a commission to further develop and implement the plan for the reconstruction of Venezuela, to be headed by Deputy [[Juan Andrés Mejía]].<ref name= ElComercioPP>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name= PPHEAD>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The plan envisions providing government subsidies to the most vulnerable populations in Venezuela, restoring experienced personnel—removed by former President [[Hugo Chávez]]—to [[PDVSA]] (Venezuela's state-run petroleum company), and improving foreign investment.<ref name=GuaidoPresenta>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> According to Guaidó, the aims of the plan are to "stabilize the economy, attend to the humanitarian emergency immediately, rescue public services, and overcome poverty".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> A response to [[Nicolás Maduro]]'s ''Plan de la Patria'' (Homeland Plan), it has provisions to revitalize [[PDVSA]], restore the health sector, and offer assistance to the most poverty-stricken.<ref name=GuardianPP>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

Economic advisor José Guerra stated that to curtail hyperinflation in Venezuela, the transitional government must remove [[Fixed exchange-rate system|fixed currency exchange rates]], stop [[monetary inflation]] by limiting Venezuela's [[money supply]], and refinance foreign debt.<ref name=DW>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Advisor Jose Toro estimated that Venezuela needed an investment of $30 billion for economic recovery.<ref name=DW/> National Assembly legislator Ángel Alvarado stated that "We are not going to reduce spending, we are not going to live in austerity, we are going to an expansion program to reactivate the Venezuelan economy."<ref name=GuaidoPresenta/> Implementation of the plan requires the exit of Maduro from the presidency.<ref name=UnivisionPP/>

The plan had been under elaboration for some time, and was initially developed through a series of public and private meetings in the US and Venezuela; experts from all sectors were consulted, among them economist [[Ricardo Hausmann]], and politicians and diplomats including Leopoldo López, [[Julio Borges]] and [[Carlos Vecchio]] along with Guaidó.<ref name=UnivisionPP> Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=PlanPais></ref>

Guaidó thanked his mentor [[Leopoldo López]] during the presentation, stating that Lopez's ''Venezuela Energética'' plan had inspired the ''Plan País'' project.<ref name=ElComercioPP/>

==References==


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[[Category:2019 in politics]]
[[Category:2019 in Venezuela]]
[[Category:Crisis in Venezuela (2012–present)]]
[[Category:February 2019 events in South America]]


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