The National Assembly approved in an ordinary session this Tuesday two agreements to commemorate and highlight the deeds of the battle of Ayacucho, which occurred 200 years ago, and that of the battle of Santa Inés, carried out 165 years ago.
The first draft Agreement in Commemoration of the 200 years of the battle of Ayacucho was presented by deputy José Leonardo Rojas, who highlights that 200 years ago in the Pampa de Quinua, in Peru and at an altitude of 3,500 meters, carried out the battle of Ayacucho, in which the liberating army, under the command of Marshal Antonio José de Sucre, banished the Spanish empire forever and put an end to the Viceroyalty of Peru.
The agreement states that “the battle of Ayacucho was one of the final confrontations of the wars of independence of our America in which the royalist army and a combination of independentists from various regions confronted each other, whose victory meant the disappearance of the most royalist military contingent. important that was still standing on the continent.”
Likewise, it is indicated that among the results of Ayacucho is that “an armistice occurred, which even today is an important precedent for the humanitarian law of war, showing the extraordinary human condition of General-in-Chief Marshal Antonio José de Sucre.”
For this reason, it was agreed to commemorate with “great national joy this heroic deed, honor and glory to the men and women who forever broke the chains of oppression of the Spanish empire in South America. In Ayacucho, brotherhood and love for freedom were planted. of our people.”
Likewise, pay a well-deserved tribute to the winners of Ayacucho.
Commemoration of the Battle of Santa Inés
The other agreement approved during the ordinary session of Parliament refers to the Commemoration of the 165th anniversary of the Battle of Santa Inés, presented by Deputy Orlando Zambrano.
In this regard, it is contemplated to commemorate and pay tribute to the troops of Ezequiel Zamora, who “in the lands of Barinas made the oligarchy bite the dust of defeat.”
Zambrano highlighted that it is evident that the united people are capable of defending themselves against the enemy’s aggression.
“Ezequiel Zamora, who fought against betrayal, who fought to vindicate the spirit of the Liberator Simón Bolívar and raise the flags of Bolivarianism, demonstrated that unity is necessary,” he said.
The parliamentarian recalled that it was Commander Hugo Chávez, who took up the spirit of Zamora, to provide Venezuela with a strategic vision of the country and nation.
In this sense, the National Assembly agreed to recognize the feat of the Battle of Santa Inés.
