425 online
 
Most Popular Choices
Share on Facebook 35 Printer Friendly Page More Sharing Summarizing
OpEdNews Op Eds   

Ambassador Julio Escalona: Who wants to dialogue to build a dignified Venezuela?

By Julio Escalona  Posted by Roy S. Carson (about the submitter)       (Page 1 of 1 pages)   No comments

Roy S. Carson
Message Roy S. Carson
Venezuela's Adjunct Ambassador to the United Nations, Julio Escalona writes: When we say we are all homeland, it means that we must include the 90% of the Venezuelan population remaining 'on the outside' because they have excluded themselves.  It is a minority that has a transnational or better still, 'gringo mentality.'

Communication is the key and communication means dialogue ... encounter ... precisely to construct a dignified and sovereign country that is just, respects the rights of all, including those of nature. A country where human beings, plants or animals are not exploited … where there is no poverty either among people or in the soil ... it is imperative that nobody lives off the labor of others or the fruits of nature.  

To build such a country, we need dialogue. Around 40% of the population is influenced by anti-communist prejudices, mistakes of 20th Century Socialism, the inefficiencies and errors of the current process, media campaigns, sectarianism … dialogue is vital in every community and diverse social classes, and with all those who can be united.

Dialogue is practical, it's pedagogy. Wherever a real social leadership arises, no media sermon can sustain itself for long.

For example, it's untrue that our rights end where another's begin. They continue where the other's begin because they exist to build community and are undertaken from solidarity, from dialogue. Not from simple individual enjoyment.  Not from walls or frontiers. What it doesn't mean is the negation of the person, family and local specifications … There is no unity without diversity. Recognizing the other, is to recognize one's self.

That my rights end where those of the other begin, has come to mean that my property ends where that of the other begins, since this society has been building itself on the basis of property rights, big property, generally obtained through violent means. We're not talking about the property of owning a home, personal items and what people save as a result of their work, having a butcher's store … they're all legitimate rights.

The fact that certain politicians have perverted the course of dialogue does not rule out its importance.

Who wants to dialogue to build a dignified country?

You should be made very welcome.

Julio Escalona
julio.escalona@gmail.com

H.E. Ambassador Julio Escalona is Venezuela's Adjunct Ambassador to the United Nations in New York.  He holds degrees in economics, geopolitics and environmental issues, and is a former director of the School of Economics at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) in Caracas and head of its department of human development. He is a professor of economics, general economic history, economic education in Latin America, contemporary Marxism and contemporary social problems.  He has coordinated research seminars on economic integration, local economies and local development, and alternative technologies and has been a participant and guest lecturer at seminars, forums, academic institutions in Peru, Brazil, Japan, Paris, Mexico and Venezuela.

Well Said 1   Interesting 1  
Rate It | View Ratings

Roy S. Carson Social Media Pages: Facebook page url on login Profile not filled in       Twitter page url on login Profile not filled in       Linkedin page url on login Profile not filled in       Instagram page url on login Profile not filled in

Roy S. Carson is veteran foreign correspondent (45+ years in the business) currently editor & publisher of VHeadline Venezuela reporting on news & views from and about Venezuela in South America -- available for interviews -- call Houston (more...)
 
Go To Commenting
The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.
Writers Guidelines

 
Contact EditorContact Editor
Support OpEdNews

OpEdNews depends upon can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.
Daily Weekly     OpEd News Newsletter

Name
Email
   (Opens new browser window)
 

Most Popular Articles by this Author:     (View All Most Popular Articles by this Author)

NOT your stereotypical James-Bond type Russian ... Andres Agapov denies being an ex-KGB (SSB) spook!

I think Izarra was referring to UK Channel 4's Sandra Jordan ... although it could quite as easily have Corina Machado!

North American investor says he will NEVER, ever, invest in Venezuela again!

Fears that the corrupt mastermind of Maria Clelia Spinas' slaughter may be able to buy his way out of detention...

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Tell A Friend