Eliezer Otaiza to head ambitious alphabetization program 

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Sunday, June 01, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue.

President Hugo Chavez FriasPresident Hugo Chavez Frias has appointed Captain (ret.) Eliezer Otaiza to run the national alphabetization drive announced two weeks ago. Speaking in Portuguesa state, the President confirms that the plan is big and integral involving getting 1 million Venezuelans to read and write. 

Otaiza will head a presidential committee and priority will be to set up an incentive system for people who complete the course satisfactorily. The President is interested in getting people on the course to set up cooperatives and he thinks that Otaiza is the man to get the program up and running.

Another incentives is to offer credits and further training at the National Job Training Institute, which Otaiza heads.

Referring to the negotiations agreement, Chavez Frias says he will not lose the recall referendum ... "let us prepare to continue the struggle and the battle for Venezuela on all grounds."