This Thursday, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, participates in the events of the celebration of the 68th anniversary of the birth of Commander Hugo Chávez.
From the Casona Cultural Aquiles Nazoa various cultural activities They take place in homage to the birthday of the leader of the Bolivarian revolution.
During the activity, the Head of State stressed that the best gift we can give Chavez is that we are united, in combat, with a smile and looking to the future.
“Today we can say, when Hugo Chávez turns 68, that we are united, in combat, with a smile looking to the future, with certainty, hope and optimism,” Maduro said.
The National President referred that in all the country’s municipalities the birth of Eternal Commander Hugo Chávez was celebrated, because “the people light a candle for Chávez, the people offer a prayer to Chávez, the people have faith in Chávez, because Chavez is alive!”
The President asserted that thanks to the unity among patriots around Chavista ideals, Venezuela has been able to face and defeat all threats, conspiracies and attempts at division.
“Chávez is among us and is still here in our battle, giving us his strength,” he concluded.
music tribute
During the activity, cultists paid a musical tribute to the giant on his 68th birthday, for which the National Philharmonic, Venezuelan groups and singer-songwriters participated in this concert in honor of Chávez.
The singer Lucía Valentina interpreted one of the songs that she sang to Chávez in life when she was a girl; while the Venezuelan popular music singer-songwriter Oriana Ramos, together with the National Philharmonic, with maestro Rubén Capriles conducting, performed Mama Rosa.
The singer-songwriter Cristóbal Jiménez, who performed several songs, including Flor de Sabaneta with Adán Chávez, one of Commander Chávez’s brothers, recalled between songs the legacy of Commander Chávez in promoting Venezuelan music.
She also recalled an anecdote in La Casona, when Marisabel de Chávez was pregnant with Rosinés, who was asked to sing at the girl’s 15th birthday.
And after spending many years without hearing from Rosinés Chávez again, they called him to sing for him in his 15 years in Barquisimeto.
In addition, the musician Vidal Colmenares also participated in this tribute, who interpreted one of the songs that Chávez liked the most, Linda Barinas and a tune created for Commander Chávez, as well as the popular Venezuelan singer Francisco Pacheco.
Also present at the activity were the first combatant, Cilia Flores; the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez; the youngest of Commander Chávez’s daughters, Rosinés, his brother Adán Chávez and other cabinet members of the National Government, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, mayors and governors.
The Minister of People’s Power for Culture, Ernesto Villegas, was in charge of animating the concert.
Earlier
The Head of State, Nicholas Maduro, wrote on his account on the social network Twitter that this July 28 is a day in which the Venezuelan people delve into the spirituality, the work and the supreme values taught by Comandante Chávez. “Today we celebrate it more and more united and loyal, being free.”
Likewise, the president of the National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodriguezassured this Thursday that the Bolivarian Revolution has resisted the attacks from the North American empire in a united, loyal manner and on behalf of President Hugo Chávez.
“In all the attacks we have remained united as a fundamental teaching of the father of the Revolution, Hugo Chávez,” he stated during the approval of the Draft Agreement in Commemoration of the 68 years of the Birth of Hugo Chavez.
He recalled that President Chávez dreamed that the Revolution would not be betrayed, and that he insisted on the different facets of socialism.
For its part, God given hairfirst vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), stressed that thanks to the legacy of the eternal commander Hugo Chávez, values continue to be forged throughout the national territory.
He stressed that for this Revolution to remain at the forefront and to succeed, “we must preserve our deep anti-imperialist origin.”
