Chávez distributes 'must read' books in effort to transform Venezuela/ Este viernes continuará entrega de libros en plazas Bolívar del país

Cultural revolution had been declared and the crowd jostled in anticipation of receiving the latest tool in President Hugo Chávez's effort to transform Venezuela: books. Government trucks were unloading crates of books in plazas across the country, some 2.5m volumes in total, and those gathered in the capital, Caracas, surged forward to collect their prizes. There were three titles: Social Movements in the 21st Century, Culturecide: a history of Argentine education 1966-2004 and Empire's Spider Web, a critique of US foreign policy ( full information)/ Intelectuales y creadores continuarán regalando libros este viernes a todos los ciudadanos en las plazas Bolívar de todo el país, así como en la Plaza Altamira en Caracas. Así lo ratificó el viceministro de Cultura, Iván Padilla, durante una entrevista en el canal de Estado, Venezolana de Televisión( información completa)