Venezuela’s President and Commander-in-Chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), Nicolás Maduro, commemorated July 5 as a day of anti-colonial rebellion, highlighting that on this date Venezuela broke with 300 years of colonialism and imperial expropriation.

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From the Patio de Honor of the Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela, where he led the military and popular parade in honor of the glorious National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB), the president paid tribute to the courage and loyalty of the Venezuelan soldiers, heirs to the bravery of the liberators Simón Bolívar and Antonio José de Sucre.

“Today is a day of glory for Venezuela. Convey my congratulations to all the members of our Armed Forces. This July 5th, we not only celebrate our military institution, but also the day our people broke the chains of 300 years of colonialism and imperial plunder,” affirmed the Commander in Chief, also with evident emotion.

The head of the Bolivarian Republic stressed the importance of revisiting the Act of Independence as a document of profound relevance, with the capacity to guide morally and spiritually the nation in the challenges of the present.

“July 5, 1811 marked the birth of our sovereign Republic. Today, this document must be discussed in the classrooms, in the communal councils and in every corner of the Homeland. Its validity is unquestionable: it is the compass that guides us in this twenty-first century of struggles and victories.”

In a historical analysis, the head of state recalled that, at the dawn of independence, Venezuela lacked a consolidated national identity. It was the revolutionary process, led by the champions, that forged the consciousness of a common project:

“In 1811, we were not a people in the full sense; we were a fragmented population, without a formal army or a national state. It was the epic of independence that united us and gave us a shared destiny,” he reflected.

The Venezuelan Head of State, accompanied by the First Lady, the High Military Command and other commanders, commemorated the anniversary of Venezuela’s declaration of independence from the Spanish Empire. In a message on social media, Maduro stressed that Venezuela has preserved its freedom, sovereignty, independence and peace.

He also emphasized that the anti-colonial struggle continues, declaring the will of the Bolivarian Republic to be a free, sovereign, independent, worthy and rebellious nation before the “American empire and the old colonialists of Europe”.

Venezuelans also celebrate the Day of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and the Venezuelan Soldier, an institution that President Maduro defined as “the perfect civic-military union, the people in arms.” In a message full of revolutionary symbolism, the Commander-in-Chief highlighted the anti-imperialist principles of the FANB, forged in the roots of Bolívar, Sucre, and Zamora, and refounded by Commander Hugo Chávez.

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