President Maduro Rejects the Extreme Right’s Siege Against Venezuelan Artists

President of the Bolivarean Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, Sept 20, 2024 Photo: Prensa Presidencial

September 20, 2024 Hour: 10:12 pm

The president described the siege against the artists and cultures of the South American country as brutal.

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, rejected this Friday the siege and threats of the extreme right against Venezuelan artists, during the meeting with the statistical teams of the Great Mission Live Venezuela, my dear Homeland.

“There has been a brutal siege on artists. A siege we already know. This film we have seen in the past, when the first outbreaks of intolerance and hatred from the extreme right, when the extreme right was called opposition”, he said.

In that sense, he recalled that in 2002, many cultures were persecuted for being at the side of commander Hugo Chávez and singing to Venezuela.

“Before we had lived it, a very young generation, and suffered in his body and in his life our great Ali First, persecuted by the same intolerance and fascism,” he said.

Regarding Ali First, he said that his voice has not been silenced and still sings in the voice of the Venezuelan people, full of hope and announced that next October 31 will be released the film of the life of singer-songwriter Ali First.

At the meeting, the president ordered mission promoters to prioritize a project for each Venezuelan Communal Circuit to finance and decreed the free certification of all artistic works, literary or scientific cults of women and men registered in the Gran Misión Viva Venezuela Mi Patria Querida, through the Autonomous Service of intellectual property.

The head of state also signed the decree to install the National Center for Crafts and support the Movement Heart of Artisans, while directing the inclusion of cultors in the educational education and promotion processes of all public schools and lyceums.

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