President Nicolás Maduro inaugurating the new statue of Commander Hugo Chávez in La Guaira, August 22, 2024. Photo: Diario Vea.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro unveiled a new statue of the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez, before a multitudinous crowd in the Bolívar-Chávez Square in La Guaira state. On July 30, the Chávez statue that stood in that square was destroyed by violent far-right mobs during the post-electoral destabilization attempt.
During the inauguration of the new statue on Thursday, August 22, President Maduro said that the purpose of the event was “to install, in record time, the new monument in homage to the leader of the Revolution” in an act of “historical vindication and love. Why so much hatred against the symbols of the Homeland? What do they fear about Hugo Chávez? Why do they try to take revenge against Hugo Chávez?” he questioned.
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He stressed that the hatred spread by the far-right originates from the intention to destroy the ideological, spiritual, and moral strength of the supporters of the Bolivarian Revolution. “They wanted to terrorize the people,” he said, adding that the people did not and will not surrender and that peace has triumphed in Venezuela.
President Maduro further stated that the inauguration of the new statue of Commander Chávez also represents a tribute to the Indigenous leaders Naiguatá, Guaicamacuto, Pariata, Maiquetía, Coromoto, the original inhabitants of the central coast who fought many battles against the colonizers and sowed the seeds resistance among the people who never surrendered.
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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