The PSUV defines its values and principles as follows: {{Blockquote As a multiethnic and diverse party, it nurtures its roots of Afro-Indianism bequeathed by
Guaicaipuro and
José Leonardo Chirino, all inspired by the fundamental leadership and revolutionary ideas of Commander
Hugo Chávez, aimed at creating the new man and woman in a melting pot of hopes and dreams that make our socialism a mestizo socialism, loaded with Africanity, the elements of the indigenous peoples, and with the international vision that has had
Francisco de Miranda as its greatest proponent. We assume the principle of civic-military unity to guarantee the defense of national and popular sovereignty. The PSUV defends the Bolivarian Revolution as a process of peaceful transition to
socialism and, therefore, of overcoming
capitalism. This is in line with Chávez's
socialism of the 21st century. The party considers the establishment of socialism to be necessarily linked to an
anti-imperialist struggle, that, currently, must consist of the formation of a block of socialist countries in
Latin America. With the creation of PSUV, relationships greatly soured with former coalition parties that chose not to join. By the
2008 regional election campaign in October, Chávez declared that
Patria Para Todos and the
Communist Party of Venezuela "must be swept from the Venezuelan political map because they are disloyal, liars, and manipulators". Chávez said that the PSUV was "a very young party" with an average age of 35 among members. Analysts agreed, saying: "The assumption is that the younger people are going to be [
Chavistas], they are going to be the ones whose families have benefited from Chávez's social programs." In April 2010, an Extraordinary Congress of the PSUV resulted in the endorsement of a range of "general principles", including among others
socialism,
Marxism, and
Bolivarianism;
humanism,
internationalism, and
patriotism; and the defense of
participatory democracy and use of internal party democracy. It also defined the party as the "political vanguard of the revolutionary process". ==Symbolism==