The XXIV Summit of Heads of State and Government of this integrationist platform began this Saturday in the Venezuelan capital. On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the creation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP)
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00:00President, President of the people, ratified by the Venezuelan people, and complying
00:27with the mandate of Chavez, back then you said, and he said to the people, the Venezuelan
00:49people, here, Nicolás is here to continue the battle.
01:11And it is truly admirable the energy, the effort, the dedication towards the defense
01:30of your people, that you continue doing day by day, and despite the sanctions, the coup
01:51that attempts, defamation, lies, this people is loyal to Chavez, to Bolivar, and knows
02:16that the sword of Bolivar, that was given to you by Chavez, is being sewn in order to
02:36defend against any threat, against any aggression attempt, because aggressions take place, and
02:52conspirations take place every single day, every single day, because we are defending
03:05peace.
03:09But the demon, the devil, is the enemy of peace.
03:22We are always thinking about ways to destroy our process, a process that has made our
03:37America emerge once again.
03:46And I remember the day, it was about 6 p.m. in the afternoon, and they told me that Fidel
04:05wanted to introduce Chavez, and we went to the Bolivar house.
04:22We embraced ourselves, we greeted him, we sat down, and we heard the words from a historian
04:31from Havana that presented us and introduced Chavez, and then he discussed the thinking
04:42of Chavez.
04:46And I was amazed because those who didn't believe in him never thought about a man of
05:10the military would go to Cuba to have a meeting with Fidel.
05:20But I was even more amazed when I heard Chavez and his message.
05:33It was the voice of Bolivar, it was the soul of Bolivar in the soul of Chavez coming out
05:47from his mouth.
05:48It was impressive.
05:54And after the meeting ended, Fidel brought us there.
06:06There was Chavez, Fidel, and in the seats that were in the back, we were just chatting,
06:15and Chavez was talking with such enthusiasm, with such strength.
06:23It was incredible.
06:32And those days, there was a meeting in El Salvador, and I dare to say that I was seeing
06:50a revolutionary in him.
06:54And I shared with him that there was a meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum in San Salvador City.
07:09And I was sure he was going to accept the invitation, and he attended.
07:20And that's how we started to get together and discuss, and I was so happy to find a
07:41revolutionary in a military man.
07:47A revolutionary that here, in this same Bolivarian revolution, has multiplied in the army, in
08:05the police forces, in the whole people.
08:17And 20 years after the creation of ALBA, when Chavez and Fidel, over time, met in San Salvador,
08:46met in Havana, and decided they were going to create ALBA, they started and gave the
09:00first step.
09:08And back then, I thought about Jesus, because I am a revolutionary, and when you know the
09:24life of Christ amongst the poor, the most vulnerable, the way he became a hero, he became
09:43the up-highest revolutionary.
09:54And then we went to the classics of the revolutions, Marx, for example, but I became a revolutionary
10:03because I met Christ, I met Jesus, and Chavez always had Christ in his heart.
10:17And when they met, Chavez and Fidel, that saw how our peoples were shedding blood, hopeless,
10:28vulnerable, he said, as Christ said, stand up and let's push the peoples of our America
10:41and the Caribbean.
10:49And I saw how fast other nations joined other countries, how quick we started to execute
11:11the programs of ALBA.
11:18It was something without precedent.
11:30And the way in which we shared and distributed richness has no precedent in the history of humanity.
11:50Today, 20 years afterwards, we are more committed than ever to continue walking forward, moving
12:11forward, and we must continue doing so, incorporating new initiatives as the ones we have shared
12:23today.
12:29And amidst a world where the imperialists of the land continue assassinating
12:45ALBA with the flag of Fidel and Chavez, the soul of Fidel and Chavez, we reiterate that
13:12we are not going to fail any of you.
13:15We will continue waving the battle.
13:19Yes, in the battle I'm building victories here, there, there, here, in the whole geopolitical
13:30panorama of our region, in the global south, and the world.