The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, held a working meeting with elected representatives of indigenous peoples.
The meeting was held in the Miraflores Palace between the head of state and the main deputy of the Eastern Region, Kariela Elismar Aray, from the Warao indigenous people; from the South Region, José Navio Martínez, from the Baré indigenous people; the main deputy of the Western Region, of the Wayuu indigenous people, Yimmys Rodríguez; and with the alternate deputy of the Eastern Region, of the Kariña indigenous people, María Yánez Ortiz.
The Head of State advocated at this meeting for an increasingly consolidated union with indigenous peoples. «You have here in Miraflores an Indian president, a revolutionary, you have a president that (is) Guaicaipuro ruling towards the future of our beloved Homeland.»
«I wanted to greet you, meet you, today I saw you on television when the president of the CNE, Indira Alfonso, gave you the credentials,» said the President and invited them to carry out «A national work, but let’s also do international work.»
«Put it on your agenda, the articulation of indigenous movements throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and the world, in order to strengthen friendship, cooperation, solidarity, brotherhood, to be gestating a great Indigenous force.»
The Dignitary illustrated how the Indigenous force regained power in Bolivia. «This is how we must be, the Indigenous force in battle, in the vanguard, five hundred years of resistance and it has been worth it, thanks to Guaicaipuro, to our peoples.»
Earlier this Monday, the National Electoral Council (CNE) proclaimed the deputies elected by indigenous peoples for the new National Assembly (AN), who will be sworn in on January 5, 2021.
The president of the highest electoral body, Indira Alfonzo, gave the deputies the Minutes of Totalization, Adjudication and Proclamation.
Alfonzo stressed that for more than six months they carried out arduous work, «of great challenges, but always having as a north the protection of the sovereign will of the people.»
She highlighted that the CNE, in recognition of the constitutional right of indigenous peoples to political participation and complying with the mandate of the Supreme Court, developed a body of regulations and a special schedule for the election of their representatives.
«Once again, this Electoral Power has responded, in an adequate and timely manner, to the demands of the Constitution, citizens, political and indigenous organizations, and the historical moment that our country and the world are experiencing,» said the highest representative of the Electoral Power.
