Delcy Rodriguez: Simon Bolivar is one of our nation's most universal heroes

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Speech by Delcy Rodriguez, Vice President of Venezuela, during the tribute for the 194th anniversary of the passing to immortality of the Liberator Simon Bolivar. teleSUR

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00:00Good afternoon to you all, to Magistrate, to President of the Supreme Court of Justice

00:15Caricilla Rodríguez, and Elvis Amoroso, President of the Electoral Council of Venezuela, and

00:25Citizen Alfredo Ruiz, from Ombudsman Office, and Daniel Rodríguez, National Prosecutor,

00:36Vice President, Ministers, the Senior Militaries, and the Ministry of the Power, well I want

00:53to greet to you all, to all diplomats accredited in Venezuela, not only of the countries of

01:01the great homeland, but also of the international community represented in our country.

01:07I want to greet athletes Julio Mayor, to athletes who have participated in the Florida Reds,

01:18to our father, Libertador Simón Bolívar, welcome to you all.

01:25Today we commemorate 194 years of the mortality of our founding father, Liberator.

01:36We can say that it is a day of sadness, but I prefer to understand it, that it is always

01:46a great joy to speak about Simón Bolívar, that it makes us very proud, because it is

01:52one of the most universal heroes that have been born from Venezuela.

02:00It is undisputable the honor when we cross over our borders, and we know what it meant

02:15the crossing of borders of our Liberator, Simón Bolívar, to reach freedom.

02:27So we feel very proud, and let's think about that child, Simón, who was forging himself

02:38in the harshest difficulties of his life, and how this child, Simón, arrived to swear

02:54in for the freedom of our country, of how that child, Simón, has been turning into

03:05a great man, full of universal ideals, with a message that nurtures our model with justice,

03:15equity, social justice, with a message of what Bolívar means for the future in the

03:28political terms, in the sovereignty of our countries.

03:34So Simón Bolívar was anti-imperialist, anti-expansionist, in the social sector, his legacy in the model

03:47that nurtures the constitution of Venezuela, a model that provides joy through justice

03:55and equity, of a legacy that means the military doctrine for our soldiers, men and women,

04:07what it means an army free, patriotic, anti-imperialist, and sovereign, what it means an armed forces

04:17built and inspired in the dream of Bolívar and in the legacy of Bolívar, men and women

04:25with greatness, with virtues and with high morals, that they know what it means the military doctrine,

04:35because even when we are less in quantity, we are just giant in front of the task that

04:42the homeland demands us, that model that also nurtures the universal principles of human

04:54rights in which Bolívar was based, equity, that he trusted deeply the human being.

05:04I said that that young who was changing Angostura, who is in the campaign of New Granada, facing

05:22the severe weather conditions, and we pictured through all those hardships, going through,

05:33crossing over regions to reach freedom of neighboring countries, of sister nations,

05:45and how Bolívar turns into Carabobo, in Carabobo gave the independence of our homeland,

05:59and then he was victorious, and within Caracas, he was waging the southern campaign to become

06:09the Vichicha and in Ayacucho. So, forging the independence of our countries in front of the Spanish Empire.

06:21Bolívar never stops amazed us in his military and personal life, because he has a great

06:36impetus, joy, optimism. He was never defeated in front of hardships, that's why he's known as

06:46the man of hardships, and that has taught us to be the people of difficulties, to not surrender

06:56ever, to not show us weakened ahead of those who intend to subdue us. So, our enemies, our adversaries

07:09must study Bolívar to understand us. They must see in Bolívar who we are, and Bolívar perceived

07:21freedom with a strategic target, not only independence and freedom themselves as precepts

07:33of sovereignty, but Bolívar saw it thinking about the powerful unity of Latin America, and he said

07:46that the union of Latin America would be the political balance of the world. Maybe this would

07:54explain two centuries later, when he was right when he claimed the unity of Latin America as

08:11a mechanism, not only of power and strength, not only of internal profits of our relations and

08:21benefits for our peoples, but the universal message that he would send to the world. He spoke about the

08:29political balance, he always thought about the humanity, that's why he arrived to the remote

08:39areas of Peru to reach the independence of Peru, and he said he waged that battle on the ground,

08:49and he always thought about the Latin American unity. So, those who are sons and daughters of

09:04that sword of freedom, and who have become traitors, and who have been submitted, they know

09:15they are betraying Bolívar. They know that they are betraying our strategic target, as it is the

09:24union of our peoples. They know that they are at the service of the hegemonic powers, and they know

09:32that they are at the service of Washington. So, you know all that today the Canadian government

09:40sanctioned high senior authorities of the Venezuelan state to the president of the

09:53Supreme Court of Justice and representatives of the electoral council. It is a government

10:01that is submitted, that is subdued to those who humiliate them. So, today we said, so take care

10:13of your own business, because you make ridiculous in front of your oppressors, because the Venezuelan

10:22people is going to mind their independence and freedom. So, today we say that we are here

10:34together with Bolívar, not to pay homage, but we are Bolívar. We are the people of the liberators

10:47of the America. That title cannot be small. That title must be the inspiration to our defense of

10:59national, of the nation, and of our dignity. They say that after the death of Bolívar,

11:10those empires at that time, they thought it was the time, as they think that today is the moment

11:22of submitting, subduing Venezuela, as if these years of economic blockade weren't enough

11:32hardships. And after the death of the liberator, the British empire

11:40searched the plundering of our Esequibo. That's why the Esequibo's defense cannot be postponed.

11:51We are living history. We are dedicated to defend the legacy of Bolívar.

12:03Father liberator, in front of you today, our anguishes, your anguishes are the motor,

12:11are the engine to defend Venezuela, to defend unity, Latin American unity.

12:20That today, your anguishes be your dreams fulfilled. And so, when someone wondered

12:33who we are, we asked, we replied, we are the daughters and sons of Bolívar. So, we must

12:43carry out the project of Bolívar. And so, we have seen the light, and they intend us to return to

12:55the darkness. And so, dear General Pompeo, we must continue to the path of light,

13:07and we must close the doors to darkness. And so, let's say it is strongly, long live Bolívar,

13:17long live everlasting Bolívar, his legacy and doctrines, long live Bolívar, who gave us

13:26life history, and who make us proud of being Venezuelans. Thank you very much.

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