During a ceremony the day before at the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry headquarters on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Andean nation’s proclamation of independence, Jaentschke stated that celebrating this historic date is recognizing the legacy of the liberator Simon Bolivar.
“Leader and dreamer of the unity of all our America, the supreme dream of Bolivar, as our General of Free Men and Women, Augusto C. Sandino, called it,” he said.
The Foreign Minister affirmed that the ties that unite the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean are closely interwoven, filled with heroism and commitment to independence, freedom, and justice.
“Bolivia and Nicaragua share a historic bond of struggle, a continuing friendship and cooperation between our peoples and governments in various international forums and in defense of the sovereignty, self-determination, and independence of our peoples, striving together to build a better world of peace and prosperity,” he stated. For his part, the chargé d’affaires of the Bolivian embassy in Managua, Diego Rodriguez, remembered the historic event and emphasized that his country was born from a full reaffirmation of freedom and resistance against oppression.
He added that the declaration of independence was not the beginning, but rather the culmination of several years of struggle, stemming from the indigenous rebellions of Tupac Katari, Tupac Amaru, and Tomas Katari, among others.
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