More than 1,300 delegates from the Venezuelan working class have gathered in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, to participate this Monday, December 15, in the Great Constituent Congress of the Venezuelan Working Class. This crucial meeting's main objective is the refounding, transformation, and organization of the country's labor movement.

This event, organized by the National Promoting Commission of the Working Class, is being held at the invitation of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, with the aim of appointing 50,000 delegates throughout the country, although the expectation is for an even greater participation.

During the review of grassroots assemblies leading up to the Constituent Congress of the Working Class, held on Thursday, December 11th in Caracas, the Venezuelan Head of State expressed the expected scale of the gathering. "I think we'll have to hold it on the Eastern Highway, because I believe it will exceed 50,000, and perhaps even reach 100,000 delegates, from this entire wonderful conglomeration of the working class, the Venezuelan working class," President Maduro announced.

The President explained that this congress seeks to amplify the will and effort of the workers, with a "powerful leadership emerging from the will of the grassroots." During the congress, President Maduro highlighted the strength of the Venezuelan economy, stating, "The country has registered 18 consecutive quarters of sustained economic growth, despite the unilateral coercive measures imposed."

The Venezuelan Head of State reminded everyone that the working class not only creates wealth, but must also "educate itself, train itself, empower itself, be aware, create solutions, and develop proposals ." He affirmed that this is "a vital force in the new economy of the thirteen engines that the country is pursuing."

The president also emphasized the growth projections . International organizations such as the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) project economic growth of 6 percent in the country's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) . "When one speaks of the concept of Gross Domestic Product, one is speaking of the entire economy. Last year it grew by 9 percent," Maduro stated, highlighting this achievement as a result of the Bolivarian Revolution amidst the economic war that imperialism has imposed on the South American nation.

This congress represents a fundamental step toward strengthening popular participation and economic sovereignty in Venezuela. Last November 20th, as a prelude to this Constituent Congress of the Working Class, grassroots assemblies were held, highlighting the leading role of workers in building the Bolivarian nation.

This vanguard movement, which extends from workplaces and production units to the national level, has been forged through a thorough democratic process. Workers elected their rank-and-file delegates in each company (three per company), and subsequently in municipal and state assemblies, culminating today in the national meeting in Caracas. This process included 22,110 grassroots assemblies, demonstrating the strength and organization of the Venezuelan working class. The workers' vanguard seeks to preserve and develop this strength to consolidate the country's independence and sovereignty.