Since January the Venezuelan government’s National Youth Institute has opened 132 such centers and more are planned. Enrique Ramos, president of the institute, participated in the event.

The center is located in a working-class community in this city 60 miles west of Caracas. Ramos and others said it will be used for weekly vocational and other classes and for social and political activities.

The center includes a small gym, a kitchen, a library, two music studios, and recreational facilities. Three new sewing machines had just been installed for sewing classes. The center also offers other classes free of charge, including language courses and tutoring for students facing difficulties in high school.

Emily Paul spoke at the opening on behalf of the Young Socialists of the United States. Ramos told the audience that the two socialists from the United States at the event had donated to the center’s library several revolutionary books published by Pathfinder Press.

The event was videotaped for a program to be broadcast the following week by VTV, the state-owned national television channel.
 
 
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