In a ceremony held this Wednesday in Quito, floral offerings were placed next to the monument of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, erected in La Alameda square, attended by ambassadors and diplomatic officials from Cuba, Bolivia, Russia, among other countries, as well as representatives of Social Organizations.

The chief consul of Venezuela in Ecuador, Pedro Sassone, highlighted the importance of the date on which the Junta de Caracas was created, “the first self-government in Latin America.”

It was an avant-garde milestone, Sassone expressed when referring to the representative moment of the break with the Spanish yoke.

Likewise, he highlighted that event as a promoter of other moments that made the independence of Latin America possible, including the Battle of Pichincha, which sealed the independence of Ecuador.

We are in times of the bicentennial of those events that reflect how the Ecuadorian and Venezuelan peoples were born from the same historical trunk, Sassone commented.

The prefect of Pichincha, Paola Pabón, thanked Bolívar and his principles of sovereignty and stated that in these times it is necessary to place integration as a priority.

May the effort we make contribute to strengthening organizations such as the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), Pabón asserted.

The commemoration was propitious for children born in Ecuador to receive Venezuelan nationality, like that of their families.

Since last year there have been more than 1,200 minors who obtained their Venezuelan birth certificate, reported Consul Sassone.

Other small members of Mi Patria Venezuela Children’s Club performed typical songs from that nation and Ecuador.

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