Mission Sucre (launched in late 2003) is one of the
Bolivarian Missions (a series of anti-poverty and social welfare programs) implemented by the late former
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
n president
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republ ...
. The program provides free and ongoing higher (college and graduate level) education to the two million adult Venezuelans.
Mission Sucre was originally referred to as ''El Plan Extraordinario Mariscal Antonio José de Sucre'', shortened as ''Misión Sucre''. Named after the 18th century independence leader
Antonio José de Sucre, Mission Sucre establishes as a strategy the mass education and graduation of university professionals in three years, as opposed to the traditionally mandated five or more years.
Mission Sucre imparts tertiary education; other educational missions include
Mission Robinson
Mission Robinson is one of the Bolivarian Missions (a series of anti-poverty and social welfare programs) implemented by Hugo Chávez in 2003.
Name
The name "Robinson" was given to the Mission in remembrance of the Venezuelan philosopher and e ...
(for instructing the illiterate) and
Mission Ribas
Misión Ribas (launched November 2003) is a Venezuelan Bolivarian Missions, Bolivarian Mission that provides remedial high school level classes to the five million Venezuelan high school dropouts; named after independence hero José Félix Ribas.
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(for obtaining secondary studies, classes, and graduation certificates).
See also
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SUCRE (currency)
Sucre () is the capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . This relatively high altitude gives the ...
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Mission Barrio Adentro
Mission ''Barrio Adentro'' (English: Mission ''Into the Neighborhood'') is a Venezuelan social welfare program established by the President Hugo Chávez. Initially billed as an attempt to deliver a ''de facto'' form of universal healthcare, ''B ...
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Bolivarian Revolution
External links
Misión Sucre– Official government portal for Mission Sucre.
Mision Venezuela: Cambio para siempre
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Bolivarian missions
Education in Venezuela