The president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, pointed out that his father died in silence and his redemption is manifested in the Bolivarian Revolution. The statements provided it from the South Cemetery.
With the presence of family, friends and fellow fights, the act was carried out in commemoration to the memory of who was killed 49 years ago by political officials then. The founder of the Socialist League, Jorge Antonio Rodríguez, on July 25 was arrested, tortured and killed by the political repression bodies of the time.
The act began with the intonation of the International Hymn, emblematic piece for the labor movement of the peoples of the world. Then, a song that described the struggle of the revolutionary leader, and then placed flowers in his grave.
The wife of the political leader and his two children, Jorge Rodríguez and Delcy Rodríguez, visibly moved, placed a floral offering at the site where their remains rest.
Three days of torture
The president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, recalled that for three days his father was tortured by the government of the government of that time.
«A day like today, 49 years ago, the thirsty beasts of blood, in the cruelest expression of fascism that hit all of Latin America in the 60s and 70s, was taught against a 32 -year -old man, against a man who came with courage raising the flags of the redemption of the oppressed, of the construction of an American socialism, of the struggle for equity, against the immense inequalities They expressed in the Venezuelan land and that was something that the satellite governments of American imperialism could not accept, ”he said.
He said that his father «remained with his unscathed smile, with his gaze seeing the future, he never went through his mind to fulfill what the hyenas were looking for, the torturers who murdered him, who could betray a partner; No, he took his smile, his gaze and his secret and especially his silence because sometimes there are silences that express more than any word ».
He stressed that the silence of Jorge Rodríguez, Father, was “the expression of the hope of what would come” and added that his redemption is the Bolivarian revolution.
“The ratification of his iron will is the force that Hugo Chávez and then Nicolás Maduro, who have put him to the construction of a country where everyone can be happy and especially those who were postponed for centuries can be recognized as humans, Venezuelans and patriotes,” he said.
He recalled that the fight against fascism is the struggle for humanity, »so that the human condition prevails over beasts», while recalling that fascism must always be attacked and not do any type of concessions.
Never pass out
For her part, the Executive Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, stressed that when her father’s history is observed, it can be seen that from a young age she put her effort for the freedom of Venezuela and the construction of socialism.
«For equality, with a slogan that resumes today, a slogan that was perseveraged and persevered, we will defeat them and defeated them, we will succeed and we are triumphing. It is the same fight against extremism, against fascism that denies life, love among human beings. Jorge was deeply human, anti -fascist, anti -imperialist and his internationalist message was in favor of the cauda Palestine, Causa Saharawi, in favor of the peoples of the world, ”he said.
The vice president said that one of the clearest messages left Rodriguez was that of perseverance. «Never pass out, persevere, succeed and the unity of peoples, combatants, the unity of all the forces that must meet to defeat extremism and fascism. Almost half a century later, the message is more in force than ever, ”he emphasized.
The socialist leader, Jorge Rodríguez Padre, was born on February 16, 1942 in Carora, Lara State, and today is remembered for his struggle and passion for life, but especially for the revolutionary transformation.
This distinguished revolutionary leader, father of the Bolivarian leaders Jorge and Delcy Rodríguez, trained as a teacher and subsequently entered the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), specifically to the Faculty of Humanities, in which he had responsibilities of student management, one of them as a delegate of the University Council in 1966.
During his short life, he fought against the criminal acts of which he finally turned out to be a victim: the persecutions, disappearances and political murders for the governments of the fourth Republic.
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