President Nicolás Maduro led a powerful commemoration of Venezuela’s 214th Independence Anniversary, rallying the nation with a call for unity, sovereignty, and reverence for the revolutionary legacy of Simón Bolívar.
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00:00of our Americas and of the global south. This is a true parade. Here we have the
00:17military attachés of Vietnam, China, Russia, Democratic Republic of North
00:25Korea, Cuba, Algiers, and from many other countries present here, Mexico. Salutations
00:33for you, Colombia, our sister Republic of Colombia. Someday we will become together
00:40again in the great Colombia. There's no doubt in my mind about it. Someday, a
00:45miraculous day, we will go back to be in a great confederation of peoples and
00:53governments and state. I believe my eyes will see that. This is a true parade.
01:05Other than being very proud, I am restating here 72 years since the creation, since
01:18the inauguration of these parades on July 5, 1953, when for the first time we had the
01:26first parade, 72 years later, 214 years later, we can say people. We do have a people, a united people, an educated, empowered people battling victoriously.
01:43State. We do have a state and a government and every day getting stronger. The state, the government, every day more democratic because the state is a representation of the people. It's a new direct democracy state. Here we have representatives of these salutations to the
02:05legislative, powerful legislative branch, presided by a psychiatrist, doctor, revolutionary leader, writer, Dr. Jorge Rodriguez Gomez. Salutations to the judicial branch, which is a powerful branch, and a
02:12constant process of transformation of transformation of the
02:37administration.
02:38And to the head of the Supreme Court, Beatriz Rodriguez. I also saluted the general attorney, Tarek William Saab, who was also a poet.
02:44A thinker, member of the Constitutional Assembly.
02:51The general attorney, Tadek William Saab, who was also a poet, a thinker, member of the
03:12Constitutional Assembly, who co-wrote the present Constitution. I also salute the electoral body.
03:26Amoroso is the rector of that body, that branch, the legislative branch, the electoral branch,
03:40and people's power. 2014 years later, we have a constitutional democratic state with justice
03:47and right. We can also say we do have a Bolivarian national army every day with higher morale,
04:05more organized, and more powerful. We have shown the weapons that we can show at this
04:14historical moment. We have an Ayacucho plant, officials, military officials present here,
04:23national army under my command. We need to speed up a revolutionary transformation process began
04:30by our commander Hugo Chavez, the military revolution of the 21st century. We have the Ayacucho plan,
04:382025 and 2031, as part of the 70s. And we have to strengthen the arms that we have. We have to recover
04:52that. We have to strengthen the structure of deployment. We have to strengthen the Bolivarian militias as the
05:05backbone of territorial defense and the over 5,000 communal circuits. We need to strengthen our capacity
05:16for modern warfare, General Figueras. We need to strengthen our systems, our air defense and anti-air defense systems,
05:31with our own technology and with a friend of our great friends and allies in the world. Yes, with the help of our
05:41great allies, we need to strengthen with our own technology, drone systems and anti-drone systems.
05:49Yes, we have made progress. Our people should know that we have made great progress.
05:56Thanks to our scientists, our engineers, to whom I say hello from here, to all our soldiers
06:03who have pushed us to an advanced stage in drones and anti-drone systems. It's a must, and we are doing it.
06:18And we have to advance in the systems. We have seen some missile systems that we have.
06:25We also need to improve in those and anti-missile systems as well. We need to defend by land, air,
06:37the sea and rivers and mountains and the wilderness and the forests. We have to defend the right of the
06:45Venezuelan people to exist, to live in peace and to develop its own model, free, independent, socialist and
06:53sovereign. Is that understood? Yes, understood, my commander-in-chief. So the armed forces,
07:07the national Bolivarian armed forces, it has four professional components, but it's just one
07:16body, eight defense regions, 32 integral defense regions, 99 defense area regions, and over 5,000
07:34armed defense centers across the nation. Strengths, yes. That's the first concept.
07:46Strength in movement, in motion, been exercised, been forced on the field, free in Venezuela of
07:59criminal gangs and ready to answer to any threat. Second concept of the arm equation.
08:11The navy with the top technology to which we have right, which we will build up as our commander Chávez
08:24taught us in the concept of the big country, big homeland to guarantee our nation.
08:39We do not want trouble with anybody. We are a Pacific country, peaceful country, but no one should come.
08:50No one should try to get in trouble with us because they will face a defeat.
09:04The fourth element for the perfect equation. We know what Bolivar did and the thing that he left undone,
09:20the national Bolivarian armed forces. It's a perfect concept, the backbone of the existence of the republic,
09:29of the peace in the country and the unity, the perfect unity revolutionary, because the fusion of the
09:40popular military fusion of the Bolivarian army is to make a revolution.
09:45We are very happy. All of the people here, present here, civilians, army, personnel. I've seen the ambassadors recording with their phones.
10:03I have seen... I have seen... I have seen Bolivar riding a horse.
10:17Bolivar made into the people in the city where he was born. I have seen Sucre today
10:26going to Cumaná to embrace the people. I have seen the armies of Zulia and the western part of Venezuela.
10:38I saw the revolutionary sword, the blade of our general, of Ezequiel Zamora and of the
10:48the... El Negro Primero. But you know who I also saw today among us alive,
10:59riding and heading this, spiritually heading our process, revolution process. Our commander Hugo Chávez,
11:11who's alive today more than ever, who's alive today more than ever, and its people together,
11:17paid tribute to him on this July 5th. Long live our armed forces, Bolivar and Chávez.
11:28Yes, understood, my commander-in-chief.
11:30Always faithful, treason, never.
11:42This parade has concluded.
11:46People of Venezuela, people of the world,
11:49people of the world. This is how we bring to an end to this impressive popular military parade
12:05in celebration of the 214th Declaration of Independence of Venezuela.
12:13This is the day of the Bolivarian army.
12:23We know what Bolivar did.
12:30This is the national armed forces, Bolivarian armed forces, the background of the republic.
12:38The perfect fusion, revolutionary fusion of the people and the army to make revolution,
12:51not to stand still watching today's world. General Figuera Valdez,
12:57we are very happy. All of us here present here, civilians, military, policemen. I have seen people
13:08with great emotion watching the whole thing, the ambassadors recording the parade.
13:15I've seen, in a way, marching as well, Bolivar.
13:20Bolivar. You saw him as well, right? Yes, my commander-in-chief. Bolivar made people again,
13:30in the city where he was born. I have seen today Sucre as well, riding towards, heading to Kumaná.
13:40I have also seen the armies of Zulie and Western armies. I saw the blade of, the revolutionary blade of our
13:53General Ezequiel Zamora and of El Negro Primero riding again on behalf of their homeland. But you
14:04know whom I also saw present here today, alive, heading, spiritually leading this revelatory process.
14:18I saw right and again our commander Chávez, who is alive today more than ever, and his people
14:26together is paying tribute to him on this July the 5th. Long live the army, long live Bolivar,
14:32long live Chávez. So you're authorized, my general. Understood, my commander-in-chief.
14:42Loyals forever, traitors never, triumph. This ceremony has concluded.
