President Chavez celebrated 28° anniversary of the Sandinist Revolution

From: Mathaba

The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Hugo Chavez celebrated, along with his Nicaraguan counterpart and the Nicaraguan people, the 28° anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinist Revolution. Managua, July 20th (ABN).- Up to 200,000 Nicaraguans from different regions of the country gathered this July 19th in la plaza de la Fe Juan Pablo II to hold a big celebration. President Chávez arrived in Managua with five members of the presidential commission for the student popular power: Robert Serra, Libertad Velasco, Héctor Rodríguez, Yahir Muñoz and César Trompiz.After 17 years, the historic date was celebrated with the people in the power through the Sandinist National Liberation Front (FSLN). Sandinist President Daniel Ortega delivered a speech to the crowd that was gathered in the square, located on the banks of the lake Xolotlán. The revolution triumphed on July 19th 1979, but it ended on February 25th 1990, when Ortega lost the power at the polls to the other contender Violeta Chamorro. However, the current Nicaraguan government stressed that Nicaragua lives a new revolution. According to the First Nicaraguan Lady Rosario Murillo, the new arrival of the Sandinist Revolution on November 5th 2006, when Daniel Ortega took the power, is a justice situation in the Central American nation. She stressed the need of rescuing President Ortega’ phrase during the electoral campaign, we have to leave the 16 years of savage capitalism behind. Besides President Hugo Chávez, President of Panama, Martin Torrijos, and Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, also attended the celebration; each one of them delivered speeches to the crowd by stressing the great historic value of the celebration. The Venezuelan leader arrived Thursday afternoon at the International Airport César Augusto Sandino, in Managua, aimed at strengthening the bilateral ties through the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (Alba). President Chávez was welcomed by the Nicaraguan President, commander Daniel Ortega and First Lady Rosario Murillo.On Friday 20th July, President Chávez will attend, along with the leader of the Sandinist Front, the inauguration of several projects made through the Venezuelan cooperation. Translated by Natalia González