In a recorded message, Nicolás Maduro addressed the FAN assuring that it cannot be affirmed that the “intrigues and divisions” have been overcome forever, since independence is not a static and closed fact.
Nicolás Maduro was the great absentee in the commemorative acts of the 211 years of the signing of the independence act in Venezuela this Tuesday, July 5. But his absence has become a “repeated card”, and it is that on June 24 at the Carabobo Bicentennial and Army Day events he was not present either. In his capacity as Commander in Chief of the National Armed Forces (FAN) he has limited himself to sending greetings to the components virtually.
The commemorative acts were held in the Court of Honor of the Military Academy and were attended by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and Defense Minister Vladímir Padrino López.
In a recorded message, Maduro addressed the FAN assuring that it cannot be said that the “intrigues and divisions” have been overcome forever, since independence is not a static and closed fact.
#Live ? | Act of Celebration of the 211th Anniversary of the Signing of the Act of Independence and the Day of our glorious FANB. https://t.co/FXFbRyfbPA
– Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) July 5, 2022
“Every July 5th we meet under the same sky, a sky that has sheltered us for 211 years. With sacrifice and courage we have been building our homeland, this same sky has witnessed numerous struggles and above all our continuous uprisings, decades after decades against domination and empires”, he said.
In this sense, he made a call to defend “with life if necessary” the guarantee of a “free homeland, for everyone.” Maduro demanded courage and assured that independence demands freedom, “the changes that penetrate the world make us question: will we be free in the 21st century?
Before the questioning, he indicated that it should be answered with “our own lives.” He highlighted the rise of 15,300 men and women who have “consecrated their lives in the exercise of this country,” he said.
“As long as empires exist, we are not safe. I ask the National Armed Forces to remain alert, that is why I always say to all of us who love this country, maximum alert against the threatening and terrorist plans of the rancid oligarchy”, he expressed.
He called on Venezuelans to demonstrate that Venezuela is a “warrior people”, that has gone through all possible tests and in each and every one of them, in Maduro’s opinion, has come out ahead.
Maduro’s absences already exceed a year
A work published by SuchWhich titled: “Maduro’s absence at FAN events is attributed to intelligence reports” points out that for the commemorative events of the Bicentennial of Carabobo and Army Day (June 24), Navy Day, on July 24, and the National Guard (GN) on August 4, 2021, Nicolás Maduro did not attend to none and instead sent virtual messages.
That year, Maduro withdrew from the July 5 military parade. For retired officers, this striking behavior of the president has signs of obeying security reasons, after intelligence reports.
Retired GN General Régulo Díaz Vega pointed out, “I have the perception that Maduro has some intelligence information that it is possible that attempts are made on his life. The favorite scenario for that is that type of act in which the President exposes himself to the open sky. Perhaps they have told him that it is recommended that he not expose himself or exhibit himself ”.
In this sense, retired Vice Admiral Jesús Briceño García, former commander of the Navy, pointed out that for the Maduro government the threats come from various sources. He stressed that this determines that the appearances of Nicolás Maduro, in acts of the FAN, are restricted.
«They have marked, without being true, many threats. For example, the threat from the Americans is lethal to the government. Second, there are a number of threats from the far right democratic opposition, as they call it. That of the extreme right seems pathetic to me, but in almost all the orders of operations and to be able to mobilize the President to any place, these threats immediately appear, “said Briceño García.
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