‘We’re Building a New Way of Life’: A Conversation with National Assembly Candidate Albanys Montilla - Venezuelanalysis

‘We’re Building a New Way of Life’: A Conversation with National Assembly Candidate Albanys Montilla - Venezuelanalysis

Albanys Montilla is a 27-year-old communard from rural Trujillo state. Born into a working-class family deeply committed to the Bolivarian Revolution, she became politicized early in life through grassroots organizing, witnessing firsthand the struggles of Venezuela’s campesinos. Now a PSUV candidate for the National Assembly, Montilla sees the parliament as a space to develop laws that further empower the country’s communes. In this interview, …