The Commander in Chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), Nicolás Maduro, announced the creation of the high decoration of the Republic “Great Victory of Ayacucho” to commemorate the 200 years of the libertarian heroic deed, which will be awarded to the national government officials illegally sanctioned by the United States (USA).
During the event for the 104th anniversary of the Bolivarian Military Aviation held at the El Libertador Air Base in Maracay, Aragua state, the head of state also highlighted that this award “will carry the strength of the Grand Marshal of Ayacucho, Antonio José de Sucre.”
Likewise, after the new round of illegal sanctions imposed against “a group of eminent men” including writers, writers, political leaders, military and police leaders, President Maduro ordered the new decoration to be given to them.
“I am going to place the decoration that I am creating with the name of the 200 years of the Great Victory of Ayacucho on each of these men, of these beings who have been attacked today,” he said.
The first national leader He said that “if the issue of attacks through so-called sanctions were not so serious” he would describe them as laughable and ridiculous. “I would dare to say that they are ridiculous and that we laugh at their sanctions,” he said, referring to the US Government.
“I will exchange the ridiculous sanctions of the empire for the decoration of our victory 200 years ago,” Maduro harangued the officials who were at the military event.
Illegal sanctions
Earlier this Wednesday, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed new unilateral coercive measures on 20 Venezuelan officials, including members of President Maduro’s Cabinet, high-ranking military personnel, presidents of government agencies and deputies of the Assembly. National.
The sectoral vice president of Communication, Tourism and Culture, Freddy Ñáñez; the Vice Minister of Anti-Blockade Policies, William Castillo; Planning Minister Ricardo Menéndez; the Minister of Penitentiary Services, Julio García Zerpa and the second vice president of the National Assembly, América Pérez; They appear on the list published this Wednesday.
Below is the complete list of those attacked:
- Balestrini Jaramillo, Ángel Daniel
- Cabello Contreras, Daniella Desiree
- Castle Bolle, William Alfredo
- Coronado Millán, Aníbal Eduardo
- Fernández Alayón, Jesús Ramón
- García Zerpa, Julio José
- Herrera Duarte, José Yúnior
- Lizano Colmenter, Pablo Ernesto
- Marcano Tábata, Javier José
- Matheus Meléndez, Alberto Alexander
- Menendez Prieto, Ricardo José
- Nazaret Ñáñez Contreras, Freddy
- Pérez Dávila, América Valentina
- Reyes Rivero, Luis Gerardo
- Rivera Bastardo, José Alfredo
- Rodríguez Cabello, Alexis José
- Rodríguez Díaz, Dilio Guillermo
- Romero Bolívar, Orlando Ramón
- Santiago Servigna, Rubén Darío
- Villamizar Gómez, Jesús Rafael