MANAGUA – NICARAGUA / On Wednesday, February 21, Commander President Daniel Ortega and the Vice President of Nicaragua Rosario Murillo, headed a commemorative event in honor of the 90th anniversary of the passage to immortality of the General of Free Men, Augusto C. Sandino.
The ceremony, held at the Olof Palme Convention Center in Managua, was attended by prominent personalities, including the Commander in Chief of the Nicaraguan Army, Army General Julio César Avilés Castillo; the first Commissioner Francisco Javier Díaz; General Director of the National Police Dr. Gustavo Porras; president of the National Assembly; Commander Lumberto Campbell, magistrate of the Supreme Electoral Council.
In addition, the representative of the National Assembly Loria Raquel Dixon; Major General Bayardo Rodríguez, Chief of the General Staff of the Nicaraguan Army; Major General Marvin Elías Corrales, Inspector general of the Nicaraguan Army; Commissioner General Horacio Rocha, Minister advisor to the president for Security issues; Commissioner General Zhucov Serrano, Deputy Director General of the National Police; and the commissioner general Luis Roberto Cañas Novoa, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Interior.
Rubén Darío’s courage
President Daniel Ortega mentioned that in February two great figures in the history of Nicaragua took the step to immortality, the prince of Spanish letters, and father of Modernism, Rubén Darío and the General of Free Men and Women Augusto C. Sandino.
President Daniel Ortega praised the firmness, courage and love of both towards Nicaragua, highlighting the revolutionary impact of Rubén Darío on literature and the Spanish language.
“Two giants for their firmness, for their courage, for their love for Nicaragua. The first was Rubén. On February 6th, he transcended to immortality… He was born in a small town in Nicaragua called Metapa. He was raised in a poor, humble family, but Christ made the miracle that Rubén become known to the world and revolutionized the Spanish literature”, he said.
“He also stressed the universal poet’s courage in facing the American empire through his poetry, at that time to say: “you are the United States” and in the end he tells them, you can count on everything, but never on God, and those who count on God no matter how much they suffer, no matter how much peoples or nations (as the Yankees have done), militarily occupy them, those people will ultimately emerge victorious over death”.
Legacy of dignity, loyalty
At the commemorative ceremony, the legacy of dignity, loyalty and patriotism of the national hero Augusto C. Sandino was underlined, whose memory continues to live on in the history of Nicaragua.
Commander Daniel described General Sandino as “the father of the Nicaraguan Revolution, the father of the anti-imperialist struggle in Nicaragua.”
“This statement of our General Sandino is still valid because the fight continues, the battle continues; “The imperialists of the earth have not disappeared, rather they are committing terrible crimes like those they are committing against the Palestinian people day after day, in the sight and patience of the countries that call themselves civilized, the European countries that are complicit in these crimes”, he added.
Finally, he emphasized the pride that General Sandino felt for his roots, for coming from the people and for having indigenous American blood flowing through his veins.
“My greatest honor is to arise from among the oppressed who are the soul and nerve of the race, from those of us who have been left behind to live at the mercy of the shameless assassins who helped to inspire the crime of high treason”, he recalled.