Venezuela commemorates the civil-military rebellion of February 4, 1992 | News

The Venezuelan people gather this Saturday at various points in Caracas to commemorate the popular rebellion of February 4, 1992, National Dignity Day.

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In the activity - in which officials from several states of the country participate - the mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez, is present, who highlighted the legacy of Commander Hugo Chávez, in the civic-military unit.

"We come from those rebellions and we are going towards rebirth. We celebrate the Day of National Dignity, when that military youth revealed itself in union with the people, a civic-military union that Commander Chávez left us as a legacy."

"Here is the town of January 23 and February 4," he said in statements broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión.

This Saturday, February 4, marks the 31st anniversary of the civil-military rebellion commanded by the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez, against the neoliberal policies of the Government of Carlos Andrés Pérez in February 1992.

For this reason, mobilizations will take place throughout the country, and the march in Caracas will have the Zona Renta station in Plaza Venezuela as its rallying point and departure point, and will reach the Paseo Histórico de Los Próceres.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro maintained that this event, where a group of young officers insurged against the government of then-President Carlos Andrés Pérez, marked the country's political dynamics, opening the way for civic-military union.

In a message posted on his Twitter account that was accompanied by a video that recalls the events that occurred, the national President assured that this day was the starting point for the winds of change that gave life to the Bolivarian revolution.

For his part, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, said during an act commemorating the 31st anniversary of the civil-military rebellion of February 4, 1992, that at that time the Venezuelan people He rose up against US imperialism and the precarious situation that existed.

«We rose up at that moment, some of us without knowing it, against US imperialism, which was the one who ruled this country. This country had been handed over to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he said.