The constitutional president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, urged to publish all the presentations of the Venezuelan and international historians who participated in the «Ayacucho International Colloquium 1824-2024: Unity, Sovereignty and Peace», and requested to prepare programs for the 20 years of the Bolivarian Alliance of Our Americas (ALBA-TCP), which will be fulfilled this week, and for the 200 years of the Amphictyonic Congress of Panama, which was held in 1826 at the request of the Liberator Simón Bolívar.
During the closing ceremony of the Colloquium, which took place for two days in Caracas, at the Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies (Celarg), the head of State confirmed that the message of the Battle of Ayacucho, which this December 9th celebrates its bicentennial, inspires the revolutionaries to the idea of calling for this event in the Venezuelan capital, and to form a large block of forces for the rescue of our American history:
“You have given nourishing and inspiration in this colloquium and I hope that you participate in the programming for Ayacucho and that we prepare from now on to rescue, elevate and commemorate the 200 years of the Congress of Panama, which will help us consolidate the path of unity of Our Americas.”
He asked that the presentations and interventions be shared taking advantage of the advances in communication technologies and to popularize the ideas and the feats of men and women who were in the liberation struggles:
“We have to feed from all these struggles, I thank you for your contribution to this colloquium and let us make a communication effort to immediately publish the presentations, the interventions of this historic colloquium and let us take these books to the schools, high schools, universities, communes, military academies.”
Bicentennial Era:
“We are in the bicentennial era and, if you allow me, I would like to remember the wonderful feat of women throughout the Southern Campaign,” she said, with special reference to the brave Manuelita Sáenz: “It shows the strength of the South American woman, who was a colonel on the battlefield and is present in our struggles forever.”
She urged us to see ourselves in the great reflection of the original anti-imperialist Bolivarian project, and called for building the future of this great Latin American and Caribbean bloc without hesitation.
“And thus we say: Ayacucho is now more relevant than ever (…) nobody gifted us anything in Our Americas, what we conquered we did with our own strength, the liberating armies were the result of the intelligence, effort, work and genius of the Liberators of the Americas. They were not foreigners who came here, that is why we always say: let no one be confused, let us not expect anything but from ourselves.”
He reiterated his deep gratitude for the presence of the historians, and predicted that this historic commemoration of the 200 years of Ayacucho: “(It) strengthens our historic project, the Bolivarian project in the construction of a new humanity.”
