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Venezuela commemorates 533 years of indigenous resistance with symbolic activities to pay tribute to the struggle of the native peoples. President Nicolas Maduro participates in march. teleSUR
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00:00We're going live once more with Venezuela as President Nicolás Maduro has reached,
00:09also is taking part as well in the Day of Mobilization as part of the Day of Resistance,
00:14533 Days of Indigenous Resistance in the National Day.
00:19We continue as indigenous peoples have come out to celebrate their 533 years of struggle
00:26for their sovereignty, for their rights, and for their culture and history in Venezuela.
00:31This is taking place in Venezuela, but this is a national day that is celebrated in numerous countries in the continent,
00:37a day marking the day when Christopher Columbus arrived in the continent,
00:41marking the beginning of the colonization period and the exploitation and the extermination,
00:47in many cases, of the indigenous populations and slavery of the indigenous populations that were here.
00:52These are live images coming from Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro and the first combatant Celia Flores,
01:00also a participant here in these large gatherings that have taken place across the nation of the indigenous movements,
01:07the indigenous peoples that are mobilizing, reaffirming their sovereignty and also their willingness,
01:14their commitment to peace and prosperity, to prevent peace and the conquest of the Bolivar Revolution.
01:21We must recall that with the triumph of the Bolivar Revolution with Commander Hugo Chávez,
01:27policies were promoted for the development and protection of the indigenous peoples of Venezuela,
01:34protection to their right to their land and to their ancestral knowledge and traditions.
01:40The indigenous peoples of Venezuela takes part in every electoral process,
01:46making sure that their culture, their ethnicity is represented in the Bolivarian nation.
01:57So these are live images of the President Nicolás Maduro that has also come out to rally alongside the indigenous movements
02:05and the people of Venezuela reaffirming another day of national straw,
02:10another day of peaceful mobilization, reaffirming their commitment to peace and prosperity
02:16and their commitment to the defense of the homeland in a context that is being marked in recent weeks by U.S. threats,
02:24and with the military deployment in the Caribbean Sea and the targeting of several fishing vessels in open waters in the economic exclusive zone of Venezuela.
02:37These are the aggressions that have come together with others, as they have been described by the Bolivarian authorities,
02:44of economic missiles in the framework of the sanctions and blockade and all the attacks against the economy of the nation trying to bring down the Bolivarian revolution.
02:56And in this context of imperial liberation against the Bolivarian nation,
03:00this is another moment for citizens from all backgrounds to come together and express their commitment to the defense of the homeland,
03:08their commitment to peace and their commitment to life.
03:13So this is part of the national day of struggle of indigenous peoples, as we were saying,
03:20as they are celebrating 433 days of resistance.
03:27Venezuela is commemorating the 533 years of indigenous resistance with symbolic activities like the one we are seeing on the screen right now,
03:37where President Nicolás Maduro is also taking part and participating in these large gatherings of indigenous people and the general public of Venezuela as a whole,
03:48and they are paying tribute to the struggle of the indigenous people.
03:52Earlier in the day, a ceremony was held and presided over by the Minister of Popular Power for Indigenous Peoples, Clara Vidal,
04:01this is reaffirming what we were saying of the important representation that indigenous peoples have in the Venezuelan political scene.
04:13The Minister for Indigenous Peoples, Clara Vidal, together with other government authorities,
04:19performed the solemn flag raising ceremony at the National Pantheon earlier in the day to begin this day of demonstration.
04:26In this context, the Minister Vidal warned that Venezuela continues to be besieged by the U.S. Empire and its allies and seeks to undermine its sovereignty,
04:35and is during that ceremony a fair offering was placed at the foot of the statue of SimĂłn BolĂvar, the liberator of Latin America,
04:43and also the symbolic remains of two of the greatest shiften of indigenous peoples that Venezuela had,
04:54that were example of the struggle against the colonial empires of that time, which was the Spanish Empire,
05:00chieftains Quaycaipuro and Apacuana.
05:03The indigenous resistance day is being commemorated, as we were saying,
05:07in recognition of the darless resistance of these peoples in defending their territories and cultures.
05:16Let's listen to some of the statements we are seeing that are living life from the urban ideas of the indigenous peoples
05:22that are taking part in this heartwarming ceremony.
05:26Zucre, Zucre, Swazegui, MĂ©rida and Zulia to commemorate the Day of the Indigenous Resistance and the descolonization of America.
05:35Never more celebrations of an invasion, of a genocide.
05:39We honor the battle that, in 533 years ago, our ancestors and ancestors were freed once
05:44Nuestros ancestros y ancestras libraron contra el genocidio más grande de la historia, cuando los conquistados extranjeros aparecieron en el horizonte, éramos más...
05:56So, as we were saying, as we were saying, this is important celebrations that are taking place, people have come here and gathered, and they're taking place, and people are expressing their testimonies,
06:10and are referring to what is an important day, it is the day of struggle for the independence of the indigenous resistance.
06:18This is the day that marks the 534 years of indigenous resistance, and symbolic activities are taking place all across the country,
06:26and in this case, in particular, the president, Nicolás Maduro, is taking part of this ceremony, participating, as we are seeing on our screen,
06:35a large, very large crowd that has gathered here, and is attending and recalling the heritage of the resistance of the indigenous peoples
06:45at the forefront of the independent struggles against the colonial empire of the time, which was the Spanish Empire.
06:54Now, in this occasion, this kind of national, this type of national day, which was changed, is the day that in some countries,
07:02like the U.S., is celebrated as Columbus as the day of the discovery of the American continent by Christopher Columbus,
07:09but in the late 20th century and 21st century, many countries have reaffirmed the history and heritage of indigenous people,
07:18and they are, and they decide, and they mark this day as a day of national resistance, of indigenous resistance,
07:24the day that mark the beginning of the resistance, of the struggle of resistance of indigenous communities
07:31against the colonial empires of Spain, that are date back to 533 years.
07:37In the case, we are seeing the life in Venezuela, people are gathered here peacefully, but this is not the case,
07:48for example, in Ecuador, where we have had reports during the day of police repression of the Ecuadorian indigenous movements
07:56that were also taking part in peaceful demonstrations marking this important day, and the police repress them with tear gas and different actions
08:05to prevent them from reaffirming and defending their rights as they denounce that they are being criminalized just for the fact that they are demanding their rights
08:14and protecting their heritage. A complete different scenario that is being lived here in Venezuela, as we can see in our screens,
08:21where in the past two decades, indigenous people have been put in the spotlight of the policy making of the nation,
08:31a way to incorporate the indigenous communities to the Bolivarian nation, but also respecting their traditions and their own cultures,
08:47cultures, and as we were saying, they take part in the different elections that take place, for example, for the National Assembly,
08:56and they do their elections in accordance with their own laws and their own traditions which are respected by the Bolivarian state,
09:06and making sure that the indigenous peoples of all Venezuela, of the different regions of Venezuela, are fully represented,
09:16and their voices are heard at the National Assembly.
09:23Now, this is another, acts like this are taking place all across the nation. This one is being held in Caracas,
09:31where we can see the large gathering of people that have come here alongside with President Nicolas Maduro and the first combatant.
09:38We are affirming the bonds of unity that tie together both the peoples of Venezuela as a whole and the indigenous peoples.
09:49And also, as we were referring in the context of the U.S. threats, we are saying that this is an important event that also marks the unity
09:57for the defense of the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, something that has been burdened, especially in the last weeks,
10:07with the U.S. threats of aggression and the U.S. military deployment under the alleged excuse of firing drug trafficking
10:14and the destruction of several fishing vessels in high seas in the Venezuelan economic exclusion zone.
10:22And I say alleged drug trafficking because as has been shown not by Venezuelan authorities but by U.N. and international organizations,
10:30their figures clearly present and show that most drug trafficking routes go through the Pacific, the statistics, the figures provided,
10:41provided, and as I was saying, not by the Bolivarian government but by international governments that are the ones involved in this kind of data.
10:51And for example, the U.N. Organization on International Drug Trafficking also refers
11:06that over 80 percent of the drug trafficking goes through the Pacific.
11:11So this is what Venezuela has been saying, that truly, their intention was truly to defeat drug trafficking.
11:17That deployment, which would not be justified but at least it would make a little bit more sense, should be on the Pacific.
11:24But of course, as has been denounced and common sense dictates, it's very clear that the intention is not drug trafficking,
11:30is to subvert the Bolivarian Revolution and to be able to take over the natural resources because we must remember that Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world.
11:43And not only oil, all kinds of minerals and gold, different important natural resources that are necessary for the industries of the 21st century.
11:53And in this context of aggression and threats of attack, it's important to see that the people come out together,
12:00that the people come in unison throughout the days to protect the sovereignty and defense of the people, of the integrity of the people.
12:21We continue to see the images of this important celebration as we are seeing different images from distant sectors of Venezuela,
12:35as people have come out on mass to mark this important date of the 533 days of indigenous resistance.
12:46The President, Nicolas Maduro, is right now offering statements, but unfortunately we cannot listen.
12:52We are having issues with the signal, we cannot receive the audio signal.
12:56As soon as we have it, we will go very quickly with the statements from the Bolivarian President.
13:01In the meantime, we continue here live, witnessing the large gathering of people here that have come together at this point in the city,
13:10marking alongside, we also see on our screen, the same demonstrations that are taking place in other parts of the country,
13:17marking this important date of national resistance, a date that highlights the national resistance of the Bolivarian people,
13:24as a whole the resistance of the Bolivarian people, but as a whole the resistance of the Bolivarian people.
13:37From the country that have come together really great!
13:40From the country that have come together, the people who have opened their teeth open their eyes for the first time in the city.
13:52The sun is beautiful, the sun is radiant, and the people are ready for the battle, ready for the fight!
14:06The sun is radiant, ready for the fight!
14:10So we continue to see the live images of the people here in the gathering, in the gathering here that people are marking the day of struggle resistance of indigenous people, marking the day October 12, 533 years from the day that Christopher Columbus
14:40arrived in the continent, in the Americas, and marks also the beginning of the destruction of indigenous cultures, as we can say,
14:49the beginning of the colonization period, of the colonization period, and began the slavery of indigenous peoples that began to bring about
15:05that marked a moment of indigenous uprising in different parts of the continent.
15:12Of course, in Venezuela it was not different, and we saw the rise of important shiftings like Abagamacuro that marked the beginning of independent struggles,
15:23independent struggles from the Spanish Empire that would later be taken over, centuries later, by the Great Liberation of Bolivar,
15:30which would lead to the definite independence of the region from the Spanish Empire.
15:38And this is coming right now in a context also where the Bolivarian sovereignty is also being threatened by another empire, in this case the U.S. Empire,
15:53that is affecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Bolivarian nation.
15:57And the people have, in different occasions, have come out to say very clearly that they stand together,
16:02and this is another day of show representing that Venezuela is united for the defense of the sovereignty of the nation,
16:10for the defense of their homeland, a day that marks the national day of struggle of indigenous resistance,
16:20but also it's another day of the joint resistance of the Venezuelan people,
16:26of the Venezuelan people as a whole that are here standing in unison alongside their leadership,
16:34the Venezuelan leadership of President Nicolas Maduro.
16:38So it's very clear President Nicolas Maduro is addressing the people right now,
16:48and he's saying that the people are ready for the defense of their homeland,
16:53and saying that there are people that will fight to the end,
16:59and saying that whether it is on the good road, on the bad road,
17:06Venezuela is a people that will forever defend and will not be defeated by any empire,
17:13even if that is the U.S. Empire,
17:16and saying that Venezuela is a nation that is invincible,
17:19that has proven its strength in its unity.
17:23So let's listen now to the statements of the Venezuelan minister for indigenous peoples.
17:49From our ancestors, we are giving you one of the silent arms that we have,
18:03which helped us defeat the Spanish Empire,
18:07and they are an essence of our people.
18:10That's why we are giving this to you with all the strength of our people.
18:14And the strength of all our nature.
18:23That is the weapon, Mr. President.
18:27To defeat any enemy.
18:33We also want to give you Mr. President as a symbol.
18:40Let's give our President a crash course on how to work these weapons.
18:56That's it.
19:03Our Indian President.
19:05Strong arm, Nicolas Maduro.
19:11Those ancestral arms are silent arms.
19:16Also as a symbol of hierarchy and loyalty to the Bolivarian revolution,
19:25and of vindications for our people.
19:29This will crown you as an Indian chief in Venezuela.
19:35Long live our homeland.
19:45Long live our President, Nicolas Maduro.
19:50Thank you so much to the indigenous peoples for these gifts of the peoples of our Americas.
20:00And speaking to the armed forces.
20:10To the Major General in charge of the militias, Romero Bolivar.
20:25Please fix this for me.
20:27Silita is my Urquia.
20:30My cacique Urquia.
20:39Silita is my Urquia chief.
20:40I was going to tell this Militia commander that we should accelerate and deepen the expansion
20:56of the Bolivarian indigenous militias in every territory of the country and that they should
21:10create internationalist indigenous brigades throughout Latin America to come here
21:20a Bolivarian indigenous militia because I have gotten letters from several indigenous peoples
21:29throughout the Americas who are ready and willing to come and fight with us for our independence and
21:38sovereignty we are a lot peace loving people we crave peace we enjoy peace but if you want peace
21:53get ready for winning peace through popular military civic unit the order has been given we
22:12have to win peace and exert permanent sovereignty in our territories and our waters to defend the
22:22right to life of the humble people of the ordinary people of our children of our youngsters the right
22:34to life which people have earned and this land with heroicity through the years today once again
22:47we are watching a confrontation between two worlds their world the imperialist world with their ambitions
23:01and racism and supremacist concepts you could say that imperialism is synonym with racism
23:16hegemonism they over there with their supremacist policies failed decadent policies and we here with our
23:30resistance from millennia thriving on cultural diversity and mixed racial roots
23:42resistance resistance is synonym of freedom what do we want freedom
23:56I always ask the people is there any other option other than liberty
24:04is there any other option contrary to freedom can we go back to slavery raise your hands if you want to be a slave of the US
24:18raise your hands if you want to be a colony of the United States is there any other option for peace raise your hand if you support a US invasion here and I say this to all Venezuelans we have fought
24:48to fight with perseverance with perseverance and persistence and always victorious for the freedom of our people for the independence of our homeland and for the right to peace which has to be earned and defended and supported day by day
25:06we are an undefeatable people people people should not make a mistake with Venezuela we love happiness enjoyment we like rumba and fool it around as well
25:35there's no translation for those words we have very different tastes
25:57very red his today with a little bit of a sunburn
26:25he's going from here to Barcelona to take the truth of indigenous peoples
26:36in the 1960s he started doing that
26:42and at the time when they wanted to be disrespectful and
26:50and say that you had better intelligence oligarchs in Venezuela
26:57who believes themselves to be above the people
27:01they would say to someone you're just an indigenous
27:06indians but if they told us today you are an indian i would say yes
27:17and proudly of course i am an indian
27:21indian i'm an indian a hard-armed indian the world has changed
27:32and it will continue to change
27:36supremacists always want the same thing in the end to dominate to exploit our natural resources
27:50communities
27:54those minorities filled with hate
28:00asking for an invasion in Venezuela while they're living in miami they want
28:07bombs to be dropped here
28:10because they believe
28:14that our country could be colonized again
28:17or is it that they believe our people is afraid of them
28:28do they think our people will be defeated
28:33no one here will yield the weapons
28:37with the strength of the indigenous ancestors
28:40invincible rebellious permanent resistance
28:47building our homeland
28:50and sovereignty
28:54we have several polls
28:58ninety percent of the of the venezuelan people rejects
29:04any threat of an invasion or war in Venezuela
29:08all polls say the same
29:15eighty to eighty-five percent of the people are willing to fight for their homeland
29:21for venezuela
29:27ninety percent of the venezuelan people
29:32rejects
29:32we want peace
29:52and we shall have peace
29:54but peace with freedom
29:58with sovereignty
30:00with independence
30:02with dignity
30:04inequality
30:05not the peace understood
30:07by the imperialists
30:10like the ruins in gaza
30:12misery
30:13hunger
30:14death
30:15blood
30:17no no
30:18not peace by
30:20domination
30:21not peace in a colony
30:23our peace
30:25would be that of a
30:26dignified people
30:29working
30:30creating
30:31making headway
30:35today
30:36october 12th
30:392025
30:40we have come to fulfill a commitment
30:48this huge
30:50highway
30:51where we are standing today
30:54was built
30:55and
30:56tristan
31:00from carico
31:01to petare
31:02and those who know this city know
31:07how long that means
31:12it was christened by
31:14with the
31:17name of a man
31:21it was called francisco fajardo
31:24a man who killed many
31:26venezuelan indigenous
31:28people
31:31it would
31:32be the same as if in europe
31:34someone were to
31:36name a highway
31:39either in
31:40england france
31:42poland
31:43if they were
31:46name a road
31:48hitler
31:49do you think they would do that
31:50long ago
32:01that prominent
32:02you see over there
32:03was called
32:06colon prominent
32:08for christopher columbus
32:13commander chapas renamed that prominent
32:16as guai kai puro indian chief
32:22and this
32:25this highway
32:31i renamed this highway as
32:34great guy kai puro
32:37indian chief
32:41look at that beauty
32:46from venezuelan artist
32:58manuel from merida
33:02a patriot
33:04give me your other hand
33:08manuel succumb
33:09a round of applause for this artist
33:16he designed a square
33:22for the 200th anniversary of the ayacucho
33:25victory
33:27and now he designed
33:30the heroines square
33:33with
33:39with statues to
33:42great women throughout the history of
33:45struggles in venezuela and latin america
33:50he also designed a square
33:54for the 80th anniversary of the
33:58russian army
34:01victory over fascism in russia
34:04and he is
34:07given as a gift to our people to our ancestors
34:15who has designed these two statues of the great
34:34and in chief guai kai puro with his beloved wife
34:37guai kai puro has a spanish sword in his hand
34:51which he took
34:54from a general
34:56from the imperial army
34:58after battle
35:00a victorious battle
35:01and he broke it in to as a symbol of the
35:09indian victory
35:12in his right hand
35:16he's got
35:19a hammer
35:19with which he crushed the head of the
35:26teeth of the spanish imperialism
35:32and his wife
35:35our beloved mother
35:36and her right hand
35:40she's got
35:44a red panache
35:45which meant
35:52which meant
35:53that guai kai puro was a chief among chiefs
36:02they were several tribes
36:06in this area of the what we know today as great caracas
36:09and all the areas around here
36:27from here to la guaira
36:29or guaira
36:31which is a caribbean country meaning
36:35land of water
36:36our sacred mountain
36:39a blessed spot
36:44guai kai puro
36:51his life story is impressive
37:01he with his son baruta
37:03would walk through all these areas
37:12from here to
37:13la guaira
37:16and even though all of the tribes had different
37:20similar but different languages
37:25this great indian chief
37:26we've managed to unite all those tribes in one spirit one sentiment
37:33all of the tribes
37:36that were being subjugated by the spanish empire
37:41to unite and fight
37:44and overcome the empire
37:45but we need still to decolonize
37:54the minds in our latin american and caribbean peoples
38:00through education
38:03to
38:06make them
38:06courage to improve their
38:13combat capacity
38:16to awaken the great leaders in our
38:19history
38:24so
38:25we are making justice by renaming this road
38:29i feel very happy
38:34because if back in the north
38:40they're trying to
38:42safeguard the genocidal colonialist legacy of christopher columbus
38:47justice
38:49what we
38:50want to rescue is justice
38:53the heritage of independence and resistance of indigenous peoples in throughout latin america
39:06and i say like young people say
39:08they
39:13they on the side of christopher columbus and we on the side of guai caipura
39:19they imperialists
39:23and we are so much like simon bolivar
39:28while there are supremacists
39:31we are chavis followers
39:38this sunlight
39:52which is always present and blessing us
40:01they shall never return
40:08here is my wife
40:34on behalf of my wife
40:35and i
40:39as a rebellious son
40:41untamable and
40:43defeatable of this
40:45beloved homeland of guai caipura
40:50i declare this
40:53great road inaugurated
40:55long-lived indigenous peoples
40:59long-lived rebellious peoples
41:01forever
41:04forever on victory
41:08we shall overcome god bless our beautiful
41:11country thank you very much
41:21my
41:28the
41:31the
41:33I'll see you next time.
42:03I'll see you next time.
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