This Thursday, February 23, marks the fourth anniversary of the revolutionary action of the people during the Battle de Los Puentes, staged on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, in which the imperial invasion plans and the media campaign against the country were defeated, highlighted the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro.
Through his account on the social network Twitter, the Head of State recalled that day when the people, in perfect civic-military-police union, “managed to defeat the imperial invasion plans and the powerful global media campaign.”
«We commemorate 4 years of the revolutionary action of the People in the Battle of Los Puentes, where the imperial invasion plans and the powerful global media campaign were defeated. An exemplary victory that shows the strength of the civic-military-police union,” the national president posted on Twitter.
People and FANB: aware and dignified
Regarding the date, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López stressed that on February 23 it is “necessary to remember that 4 years ago imperialism and its domestic slaves tried to violate our sovereignty.”
For Padrino López, it is important to remember that these plans against the homeland “met a conscious people and the dignity of the FANB, who once again told them IT WILL NOT HAPPEN!”, he added.
“Today #23F It is necessary to remember that 4 years ago imperialism and its domestic slaves tried to violate our sovereignty, in the most showy and vulgar way. They met with a conscious people and the dignity of the FANB, who once again told them THEY WILL NOT PASS! Never!” Padrino López said on Twitter.
Hair: united we will win
This day was also remembered by the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, who through his Twitter account stressed that with the union of the people, the empire will never be able to sully the homeland.
“They could not and will never be able to sully the Patriotic soil, that day 23F, united We won,” he said.
«#BattleOfBridges 4 years ago the Homeland was besieged, the bad sons, lackeys of imperialism, attempted their invasion with foreign support, that is when our People grew, they could not and will never be able to sully the Homeland soil, that day 23F, united We won!» , indicated on the social network.
Bernal: we live in peace
For his part, the governor of the state of Táchira, Freddy Bernal, emphasized that after the Battle of Los Puentes, Venezuelans “live in a country at peace, free and sovereign.”
«Four years ago there was the Battle of the Bridges and today from the Atanasio Girardot Binational Bridge we honor the dedication, sacrifice and love of the men and women who allowed us today to say that we live in a country at peace, free and sovereign. Long live the Venezuelan people!” Bernal added on Twitter.
Battle of the Bridges
On February 23, 2019, one month after the self-proclamation of Juan Guaidó as “interim president” of Venezuela, with immediate support from the United States and its international allies, the most radical sectors of the opposition generated serious sources of violence in the state. tachira
The delivery of the supposed humanitarian assistance, collected in Cúcuta, was denounced by the Caracas authorities as a screen to cover up a intervention military in Venezuelan territory.
As a prelude, on the 22nd, the Venezuela Aid Live concert was held in the border city of Cúcuta (Colombia), organized by tycoon Richard Branson, a media show to disguise true intentions.
The objective was to control the region and once inside the country, with the support of irregular foreign forces, mercenaries and paramilitaries, generate false flag events to legitimize a large-scale operation by an “international coalition” and detonate the alleged treason in the Bolivarian National Armed Force.
The Bolivarian Executive then denounced the complicity of the Army and the Colombian police forces, by neglecting control on their side of the border, in addition to blaming the neighboring country’s president, Iván Duque, and the self-proclaimed Juan Guaidó for the sources of violence.
The plan was orchestrated by sectors of the Venezuelan right, the US empire led at that time by Donald Trump and the presidents Sebastián Piñera for Chile, Iván Duque for Colombia and Mario Abdo Benítez for Paraguay.
In the heat of those events, the Government of Venezuela decided to break diplomatic relations with Colombia, in view of “the systematic acts of aggression under the tutelage of the United States,” according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry.
Despite these events, the Venezuelan people together with the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, in a perfect civil-military union, defended the peace and sovereignty of the country, defeating the conspiracy and invasion plans.
