13.01.2025, Caracas.
The armed forces of Venezuela and Brazil will help to decolonize Puerto Rico, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stated on January 13 at the closing of the International Anti-Fascist World Festival.
He remarked that while there is a program of colonization in the north, the nations of Latin America have a program of liberation, inspired by Simón Bolívar. He asserted that Puerto Rico awaits its freedom and will eventually achieve it.
“The troops of Brazil and Abreu e Lima will head to the front. The Abreu e Lima Battalion for the liberation of Puerto Rico. What do you think?” Maduro asked the festival attendees, some of whom were holding Brazilian flags.
José Inácio Abreu e Lima was a Brazilian military leader and politician. During the wars for the independence of Spanish colonies, he was a close ally of Simón Bolívar. Abreu e Lima participated in the struggles for the independence of Venezuela and Colombia.
Currently, Puerto Rico is officially under the administration of Washington but is not a US state. The island, located about 600 km north of Venezuela, has a population of approximately 3 million people.