The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has arred against "the Spanish empire" that "more than 500 years ago, murdered, banished and enslaved millions of inhabitants of indigenous peoples," so he has assured that "Spain must rectify and Ask for forgiveness throughout America. "
Through a message in his account in the Twitter social network, he has criticized that "they came to invade, colonize and massacre our grandparents and grandmothers" that "they were happy, working, they walked free by these mountains."
"We do not celebrate the 'Day of Discovery', nor the 'Day of the Race'. We commemorate the day of the indigenous and popular resistance of the peoples of America, against invasions, colonialism and imperialism," he said. In a shared video also through your social networks.
In this context, he has defended that "Spain has to make a great historical rectification for the crimes committed by the Spanish empire and has to ask from the soul of Spain good forgiveness to the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean."
Also the Venezuelan President has highlighted this Tuesday the celebration of the day of indigenous resistance in the Caribbean country as a "shout of rebellion" before the Spanish "invasion".
"It's been 529 years since the cry of rebellion of our original peoples, who resisted and battled to defend these lands from the Spanish invasion," has moved the Venezuelan president through another message published on his Twitter account, where he has remarked that "Today the Bolivarian revolution vindicates its struggles."
Last week, Maduro considered that Spain has to ask for "forgiveness" to the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean for the "crimes" of the conquest of America, after Pope Francis or the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have been expressed in this same line in recent days.
Date Of Update: 15 October 2021, 08:27
