President Nicolás Maduro awarded decorations to the 21 civil and military officials who were recently sanctioned by the United States government. “Make yourselves deserving and worthy of the sanctions that imperialism placed on you,” he said.
This Monday, December 9, President Nicolás Maduro awarded the “Victory of Ayacucho” decoration to civil and military officials sanctioned by the United States government.
The event took place from the Plaza Monumento al Bicentenario de Ayacucho on Paseo Los Próceres. “Make yourselves deserving and worthy of the sanctions that imperialism placed on you, but, above all, make yourselves heirs in action of the glories of this Decoration, Victors of Ayacucho, which, for the first time in 200 years, is awarded in Venezuela” said Maduro.
In this sense, he indicated that the newly created decoration is being awarded for the first time. “Twenty-one worthy Venezuelans, who were sanctioned by the empire and that sanction became a decoration for their honor, their morals and a commitment.”
Maduro asked the Minister of Defense, General Vladimir Padrino López, for a “note of decoration” to all military personnel present. “Commemorate the 200 years of a unique historical process that marked the genes of this life as peoples and as a republic from that time on.”
On November 28, the United States government imposed sanctions against 21 officials of the security forces and the ministerial cabinet of Nicolás Maduro, linked to alleged “repressive tactics” and “antidemocratic” actions, after the presidential elections of July 28. .
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The sanctions occur four months after the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential elections, amid complaints of fraud by the opposition.
The members of the ministerial cabinet and the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), the Bolivarian National Police (PNB), the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN), the Bolivarian Militia and the General Directorate of National Counterintelligence (DGCIM) sanctioned and decorated by Maduro are:
Members of the ministerial cabinet
-Daniella Cabello, president of the Venezuelan Export Promotion Agency and daughter of the Minister of the Interior and Justice, Diosdado Cabello, sanctioned by OFAC since 2018.
-Aníbal Coronado, minister of the presidential office since April 2024.
-William Castillo, Vice Minister of Anti-Blockade Policies assigned to the Ministry of Economy and Finance since 2022.
-Ricardo Menendez, Vice President of Planning in the Vice President’s Office since 2014. Previously he was Minister of Higher Education, Minister of Industries and Minister of Science and Technology.
-Freddy Ñañez, sector vice president of Communication, Culture and Tourism. He was also president of the State channel, Venezolana de Televisión.
-Julio Zerpa, Minister of Penitentiary Services since 2024. Previously he was a deputy and held the position of the finance commission of the National Assembly with a pro-government majority.
-América Pérez, second vice president of the National Assembly with a pro-government majority.
GNB officers
-Dilio Rodríguez, commander of the REDI Capital.
-José Yunior Herrera, head of the GNB zone 51 command since 2022.
-Carlos Eduardo Aigster, commander of the ZODI Miranda since 2023.
-Jesús Rafael Villamizar, commander of the Central REDI since 2024.
-Ángel Balestrini, former commander of the ZODI Aragua.
-Pablo Lizano, former commander of the ZODI Carabobo.
-Luis Gerardo Reyes Rivero, former commander of the ZODI Yaracuy.
-José Alfredo Rivera, director of services of the Maintenance and Internal Order Division of the GNB since 2024.
-Alberto Matheus, director of the GNB Logistics Division since 2024.
-Jesús Fernández, director of operational availability of the GNB.
Members of the PNB, SEBIN, DGCIM and the militia
-Rúben Dario Santiago Servigna, general commander of the PNB since 2023.
-Alexis Rodríguez Cabello, director of SEBIN and cousin of the Minister of the Interior and Justice, Diosdado Cabello.
-Javier Marcano Tabata, director of the DGCIM and the Presidential Honor Guard.
-Orlando Romero Bolívar, commander of the Bolivarian Militia since 2024.
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