Venezuela held a reforestation event for Palestine: “Trees for Peace”

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Caracas, October 8, 2024 – A reforestation event planting 100 trees to sow hope for the Palestinian people took place on October 8 at Hugo Chávez Park in Venezuela. The initiative was organized by the People’s Power Ministry for Ecosocialism, the National Parks Institute (Inparques in Spanish), and the ‘Misión Árbol’ program. Jorge Arreaza, Executive […]

Caracas, October 8, 2024 – A reforestation event planting 100 trees to sow hope for the Palestinian people took place on October 8 at Hugo Chávez Park in Venezuela. The initiative was organized by the People’s Power Ministry for Ecosocialism, the National Parks Institute (Inparques in Spanish), and the ‘Misión Árbol’ program.

Jorge Arreaza, Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP and Vice President for Communes of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), attended the event alongside Palestinian Ambassador Fadi Alzaben. Both expressed their support for this initiative in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who have been under attack by Zionism and fascism.

Rosinés Chávez, President of Inparques, stressed that humanity is overshadowed by hatred and escalating violence. “But this began more than 70 years ago,” she noted. “We are here today to honor those who have fallen and to remember those who continue fighting.”

Chávez explained that the purpose of this tree-planting event is a peaceful protest against the genocide in Palestine and a symbolic act of planting peace in the world.

Palestinian Ambassador Fadi Alzaben expressed gratitude for the support, highlighting, “Today, we come to plant trees while the Israeli occupation forces are uprooting trees and displacing the Palestinian population from their lands.”

He reminded attendees that 80 percent of Gaza has been destroyed. “There are no longer hospitals, schools, or shelters in Gaza. For 365 days, we have witnessed mass destruction in front of the international community, the West, and the European Union. Those who remain silent in the face of these crimes are complicit in this massacre of our people.”

During his remarks, Jorge Arreaza affirmed that ALBA’s voice is the only one in Latin America taking geopolitical stances in defense of the oppressed.

“We are confident that there is clear solidarity across all the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean with the Arab nations currently facing imperialist aggression… What is at stake today is the future of all humanity,” Arreaza concluded.