“We must tell the story, we have to write it, because if others tell it, they do it in their own way and what suits them,” said the mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez, in the conversation for the Bicentennial of the call to Congress. Amphictyonic of Panama made by the Liberator Simón Bolívar on December 7, 1824, to the governments of the then new republics that achieved their independence from the Spanish empire.
In the activity, a group of historians explained the importance of the bicentennial era “that we have experienced in recent years in our country, for which we should feel proud,” said Meléndez, according to his account on the social network Instagram.
From the Birthplace of Father Libertador, the high municipal leader of the capital city, participated with spokespersons of the Popular Power of Caracas, as well as historians, on the story and importance of the Bicentennial era of recent years in Venezuela, which, he said, “we should feel proud.”
“With Simón Bolívar we have a commitment, with Antonio José de Sucre, we have a commitment, that we must feel proud of living the Bicentennial era. We have lived all the bicentennials, that of April 19, 1810, that of July 5, 1811, the oath of the Monte Sacro. It is the truth of our history,” he said in the activity, broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).
He warned that the oligarchies of the South American countries, along with the old and new empires, have always hated the genius Liberator of America. He recalled that, at the time of his planting, in 1830, Bolívar’s enemies came to corroborate to see if he had really died. “Because in truth, they were afraid of him, they were afraid of Bolívar, that empire of the moment, the Spanish empire.”
Likewise, during the conversation, the secretary of the Historical Observatory of Caracas, Professor Gladys Arroyo, also recalled the feat of El Libertador that inspired Commander Hugo Chávez for the transformation and defense of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, especially about the unity of America. Latin and the Caribbean.
“We will not tire of calling for unity and the meeting of the people, because for the Bolivarian Revolution, for our President Chávez, the most important thing was the unity of the people and it continues to be our fundamental motto,” he stated.
