"If you want your baby to be prettier than it is, do not put any imported diapers on, put on Venezuelan diapers: El Guayuco. The petrochemical revolution ". The phrase, which slogan advertising campaign, came out on the lips of Hugo Chavez on June 21, 2009. The head of state inaugurated a Socialist State Enterprise for the production of diapers, under Chinese technology.

The promise was to produce 144 million diapers a year, 5% of the total annual national market demand, which the Executive then placed at 1,300 million. "Your support is very important. This is only the first factory, but we need 20, 40, 50 factories like this one. In addition, I propose something, that we set up a factory here, that we can manufacture these equipment here, "a proud Chávez told Chinese businessmen.

The Guayucos had to reach the shelves of the state food distribution network, such as Mercal and Pdval, in May 2010, because initially they were willing to satisfy the needs of the government's social programs. However, the goal was never met and the investment of 9.3 million dollars that the Government allocated for the start-up of the factory, located within the Ana María Campos industrial park, of the El Tablazo petrochemical complex, was lost. Zulia

DISPOSABLE PROMISE

The lack of planning and control over the plant prevented the production of 894 million diapers to date, based on the estimated calculation of production by the late Hugo Chávez in 2009. A promise that would have been very useful to fulfill, since at least since In early 2011 there are recurrent failures in the supply of disposable diapers, a trend that has worsened in the last year.