When leading the commemorative events of the Bicentennial of the Battle of Ayacucho, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, stated that after defeating colonialism, the troops of Grand Marshal Antonio José de Sucre, left for a “destiny that marks us forever.” , that of freedom and independence.”
From the Monumental Walk of Los Próceresin front of a parade group made up of 500 soldiers and with the presence of the Executive train, as well as the diplomatic corps accredited in the country, Maduro highlighted that the troops led by Grand Marshal Antonio José de Sucre defeated the most powerful army 200 years ago. powerful of planet Earth, the Spanish.
“With that great triumph they forever sealed the victory of the liberation of our continent from three centuries of ruthless and criminal colonialism. A day like today 200 years ago the destiny of America was sealed and that destiny marks us, for now and marks us forever. We are the people of the victors of Ayacucho, we are the victors of all times, of all centuries and that commits us to the powerful popular-military-police fusion, which encompasses the five generations in the Historical Block of free and independent of the 21st century,” he stated.
The head of state stressed that the same battles are currently being fought with the same intensity that the liberators experienced 200 years ago.
“Today we give everything to make Venezuela a homeland that exemplifies its dignity, an educated, cultured people that builds its maximum social happiness, a people that builds its own economic model, independent, productive, sovereign. A people that builds its own political model of direct, community, neighborhood democracy. A people that builds its diverse cultural identity that is enriched by the deep roots of the indigenous, African-American peoples who make up this beauty of miscegenation,” he stressed.
Maduro emphasized that the generation of liberators largely fulfilled the mission assigned to them in a brilliant way.
“More than celebrating, as is being done throughout America, we have to swear from our hearts that we will be like Sucre, we will be like Ayacucho and this country will continue to be free and independent, peaceful, with a united people.”
