Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez addresses the people after the new National Assembly was seated in the Bolivarian Republic. Venezuela is a leading oil producer in Latin America.
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12th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution
The world celebrates with Venezuela
Laura Bécquer Paseiro
HUNDREDS of Cubans, Venezuelans and representatives of other Latin American countries marched down Havana’s central Avenida de los Presidentes to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Bolivarian government of Venezuela and give their support to President Hugo Chávez.
The march, headed by Deputy Carlos Escarrá of the Venezuelan National Assembly and Kenia Serrano, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), ended at the monument to Simón Bolívar, where tribute was paid to the man known as the liberator of Venezuela.
"We strongly affirm our support for the Venezuelan people, who decided to change the course of their history and break from the long neoliberal night of decades of manipulation. Paying tribute from Cuba to those people so dear to us, who are fighting, resisting and advancing, is an act in keeping with that unique brotherhood between Chávez and Fidel," Serrano stated.
For his part, Escarrá noted that, whatever the empire might want, "Cuba and Venezuela will always remain united for the freedom of Latin America."
Social movements in another 42 countries of the world similarly celebrated the new anniversary of the process of political-social transformations underway in Venezuela, among them Argentina, Algeria, Bolivia, Brazil, Belgium, Colombia, Canada, the United States, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.
President Chávez expressed his thanks for these demonstrations of support for his government and emphasized that he felt "deeply moved that Venezuela is now more accompanied than ever," Telesur reported.
Translated by Granma International
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