The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, recalled this Tuesday the great reception of the people of Santa Marta, Colombia, upon the arrival of Commander Hugo Chávez. “From here we send a great greeting to all the people of the Republic of Colombia, brothers and sisters of Bolívar, always united Colombia and Venezuela,” says the state channel.
“That town of Santa Marta overflowed into the streets, impressive. I remember how the then president, Juan Manuel Santos, could not hide his envy because he could not even get off on a corner in any town in Colombia. You know why, those humble people do not want that traitorous oligarchy,” Maduro testified. that time beginning the 21st century.
“Those humble people, the ordinary people of Santa Marta, because the people of Santa Marta and Colombia love Venezuela, they love Bolívar, Colombians admire the Bolivarian Revolution of the 21st Century,” he remarked.
He rejected any attempt at betrayal that threatens this brotherhood, stating that historical betrayals will not be able to divert the path of true union between both peoples.
He assured that they will not be able to stop the union of both peoples. He urged to consolidate it with more awareness, mutual love and brotherhood, the unity of both Bolivarian peoples. “Cement it in the greatest love and mutual admiration of us for Colombia and for that humble and simple man from Colombia, for that humble woman, for Venezuela.”
At one point in his speech, broadcast on national radio and television, the head of state recalled that when he was a child he felt sadness every December 17, due to the anniversary of the death of the great Liberator of America. “I don’t know about you, I don’t know how you experienced it, but the first time I tell this, always on December 17, as a child I felt great sadness, like an urge to cry. It was the day we were taught that Bolívar left us there in Santa Marta,” he confided to the crowd.
