María Corina Machado and Edmundo González expressed that the doctor José Gregorio Hernández and the nun Carmen Rendiles “are two saints for 30 million Venezuelan hostages. More than 800 political prisoners, thousands of persecuted and exiled, and millions subjected to constant pain by a regime that ignores the popular will and does not understand that it has to go.
María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia celebrated the canonization this Sunday the 19th of the doctor José Gregorio Hernández and the nun Carmen Rendiles, the first two Venezuelan saints, and said they were ready for “a new miracle”, in reference to the “freedom” of the country.
In a statementpointed out that the country “proudly celebrates” the canonization of “two exemplary Venezuelans who dedicated their lives to serving others,” so their sanctification “provides hope and comfort in the midst of darkness.”
“Now we are ready for the imminence of a new miracle: a time of light and freedom will soon arrive for all of Venezuela,” they added in the writing, shared on social networks.
They affirmed that “the strength and determination” of Venezuelans “are unbreakable” and that citizens have “grown in the face of adversity, overcome hatred and gained confidence.”
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«They are two saints for 30 million Venezuelan hostages. More than 800 political prisoners, thousands of persecuted and exiled people, and millions subjected to constant pain by a regime that ignores the popular will and does not understand that it has to go,” said Machado, in hiding, and González Urrutia, exiled in Spain.
González Urrutia published another message in which he noted that the canonization of the “doctor of the poor” and that of Mother Carmen “remembers that the greatness of a country is measured by its capacity to serve with generosity and humility.”
«They embody the Venezuela that we want to recover, a supportive and honest land where faith becomes action, where each person will be able to live with dignity and hope. “His example renews our commitment to the country and our conviction that Venezuela can rise, united and firm, on the values that gave us strength and meaning,” he expressed.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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