In a symbolic act, the authorities, led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Peace of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, paid tribute at the sarcophagus of Simón Bolívar in the National Pantheon. During the ceremony, a commemorative act was signed that reaffirms the ideals of independence. teleSUR
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00:00In Venezuela, the Bolivarian government officials laid a wreath at the National Pantheon to
00:05commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of the Battle of Ayacucho.
00:09The historical event took place on December 9, 1824, on the directives of the great Marshal
00:15Antonio José de Sucre and the liberator Simón Bolívar.
00:19The Ayacucho victory was the result of the leader's strategy in conjunction with the
00:22courage of the Latin American patriots who managed to defeat outnumber the Spanish soldiers.
00:28Precisely at the wreath-laying ceremony, the Minister for Internal Relations, Justice
00:32and Peace of Venezuela, José Dao Cabello, highlighted the importance of the event that
00:37dealt a heavy blow to the Spanish forces and set in motion the end of imperialism in the
00:42Latin American region.