From the VHeadline article

As for the diamond-rich Guaniamo mining area to the west of Bolivar state, Sanz explained that the reprocessing of material from various gold mines will give employment to residents in nearby areas ... "job opportunities will be provided for those who have lived here for many years and have enjoyed so very little of the region's wealth ... some may say that I am raising false expectations, and that I come only to campaign politics ... but I am not a candidate for anything, I'm simply one of President Chavez' political operators ... a single soldier of the people."