Maduro calls Milei an “complicit in the genocide” for demanding Columbus Day on October 12

Venezuelan authorities criticize the October 12 parade in Madrid and ask for an apology

Oct. 13 () –

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has reproached his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, for being “complicit in the genocide” for a message broadcast this past Saturday, October 12, in which the Argentine Presidency celebrates Columbus Day.

“Did you see what Javier Milei published in Argentina hailing October 12 as the great day in which we were civilized?” Maduro stated during an event held in Caracas on the occasion of the Day of Indigenous Resistance.

“It is a false story of the past to impose in the present a fascist project that denies the rights of the people and their independence. 532 years ago there was no civilization, but invasion and genocide,” he said.

The official Argentine message celebrates October 12, “Columbus Day in commemoration of the arrival of Christopher Columbus to America, a milestone that marked the beginning of civilization on the American continent.”

Columbus’ voyage “opened a new era of progress and civilization in the New World” that “laid the foundations of modernity in America, marking a cultural, linguistic and economic influence that has shaped our history and identity,” according to the Casa Rosada. .

“The global paradigm shift, Columbus, as a symbol of expansion and progress, reminds us of the capacity of human beings to overcome the unknown and seek new opportunities for development and civilization,” concludes the message of the video, in which You can see images of historical paintings about the Spanish presence in America.

The Argentine Foreign Minister, Diana Mondido, also congratulated this October 12 with a brief “Happy Race Day!” published on his account on the social network X.

CRITICISM OF THE MADRID PARADE

For his part, the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, has criticized the celebration of the October 12 parade in Madrid and has celebrated the intense rain that fell during the event.

“How dare you celebrate such a crime? By the way, in the parade that they did today there in Madrid with their Spanish majesties, our kids and Hugo Chávez sent them a stick of water and their royal majesties had to be taken out soaked. So At least they don’t get the flu because they are divine beings. We have to get out! Go!” Rodríguez snapped during an event in Caracas.

“You have to be stupid to continue believing that a person, solely by blood, has a divine right or has the right to govern any people!” he added.

In addition, he insisted on the need to apologize from the descendants of the “genocidaires.” “The descendants of those who exterminated 90 million inhabitants of this land with blood and fire are incapable of apologizing and offering forgiveness to the native peoples” and “persist in their conquering and imperialist desire,” he said.

Rodríguez has also referred to the posters praising the conquistadors as “neither genocidal nor slavers, they were heroes and saints” that have been seen on bus shelters in the Spanish capital. With these messages, Spanish conservatives are “again attacking our honor, our pride, our full life,” according to Jorge Rodríguez.

“Before their arrival, more than 100 million people lived in these lands having advanced cultures, advanced civilizations. In less than 50 years after their arrival, these ‘saints’ had exterminated 90 percent of the population of these lands” , in “the greatest genocide that the history of humanity has ever known,” he argued. This image would be equivalent to “today in Germany they publish that (Adolf) Hitler was not a genocide, he was a saint. They dare to celebrate such a crime.”

Rodríguez has also denied that colonization brought civilization and language, since before the invasion there were about 1,200 languages ​​in America. “We speak Spanish, but we speak better than them. The best linguists, the best writer, Gabriel García Márquez, the best poet, Pablo Neruda,” Rodríguez stated.