The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, led the ascent of 437 officers of the Presidential Honor Guard in the Theater of the Military Academy, in Caracas.
He emphasized that: «More than 17,000 promotions acknowledge in justice the effort, work, discipline, professionalism of more than 17,000 men and women of our FANB», he said.
The Head of State urged the promoted officers to transmit the values of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, defending the causes of the Liberator Simón Bolívar and the eternal leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez.
«The most important thing for a soldier in the Homeland of Bolivar is the moral, the honor, the historical Bolivarian doctrine of our FANB, we should be proud to belong to a FANB that defends the most just causes that Bolivar made (…) you have to feel in your heart that you have kept the passion of 2 giants, the founder, Liberator Simón Bolívar and the refounder, also the liberator of the 21st century, our Commander Hugo Chávez Frías», he sentenced.
