The sectoral vice president of Political Sovereignty, Security and Peace, G/J Vladimir Padrino López, reaffirmed the historical and libertarian character of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Fanb), highlighting that it is the continuity of the independence feat that began more than two centuries ago.
“President Nicolás Maduro has rightly said it: The Fanb is the United Liberating Army of the 21st Century; it is the same independence, anti-imperialist struggle and it is the same people who, 200 years after those glories, have responded to the call to defend the Homeland with weapons, for the Union and Freedom, achieving the glories of today,” said G/J Padrino López, accompanying the Commander in Chief in that sentiment.
Through an audiovisual published by the Ministry of Defense on its official Instagram account, the senior military official stressed that the Fanb embodies the values of the liberators of the Homeland: “When I say that we are the same, we are the same libertarians, the same rebels, the same patriots, the same independentistas, the same sovereigntists, the same anti-slavery people.”
Likewise, he emphasized Venezuela’s firm position against any attempt at foreign domination: “We do not want to be slaves, again, we do not want to be dominated by any power, whatever its name. We have already demonstrated that.”
He highlighted the Fanb’s commitment to the defense of sovereignty and national dignity: “We want to be free and that is why we are fighting for our dignity. We are fighting for the honor of Venezuela and we are fighting for the honor of the Armed Forces and we are fighting for the glorious honor of the Bolivarian Army, whose son I feel like. Glorious Bolivarian Army, what joy and what satisfaction, for me as a man, to be a son, a soldier of the Bolivarian Army.”
With these words, the Minister of Defense, also reaffirmed the patriotic vocation and historical commitment of the Fanb as guarantor of the independence and sovereignty of the nation.
