TheKnight. Posted November 11, 2023 Posted November 11, 2023 The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, inaugurated this Thursday the XIX edition of the International Book Fair of Venezuela (Filven) with Colombia as the guest of honor country, in El Laguito, located in the Military Circle of Caracas (capital). At the opening of the event, the Venezuelan president expressed that Colombia and Venezuela are one homeland. "The poison of hatred should never be sown among us again, we are brothers, Colombia and Venezuela are one people and we must love each other," Maduro said. La Filven also includes the Amazonas State as a guest of honor and is dedicated on this occasion to celebrate the 190th anniversaries of the National Library of Venezuela and the 50th of the Vadell Publishing House. He will also pay tribute to the Venezuelan writers Carmen Delia Bencomo and Domingo Alberto Rangel, who have already died, and to the Palestinian authors Heba Abu Nada and Adania Shibli. Abu Nada died recently, after the beginning of the current escalation of Israel against the Palestinian people; while Shibli was canceled the presentation of a prize at the Frankfurt International Book Fair, in Germany, for his work A Minor Detail. The Filven will run from November 9 to 19, and it is planned to present about 200 books, as well as artistic activities, forums, conferences and discussions related to art and literature. About 161 Venezuelan writers will participate in Filven, and 65 guest authors from countries such as Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, Honduras, Spain, Costa Rica, Iran, France, Mexico, El Salvador, Chile, Italy and Uruguay. Venezuela and Colombia sign memorandum of understanding on cultural matters As part of the inauguration, the Minister of Culture of Venezuela, Ernesto Villegas and of Art, Knowledge and Culture of Colombia, Juan David Correa, signed a memorandum of understanding on cultural matters that will allow both countries to continue strengthening ties and cooperation in this sector. The Colombian minister thanked Venezuela for his country's invitation to the event, and assured that the onslaught of nations that seek to silence the voice of peoples will not be effective. "We believe that we can all fit in and that no one can ever forbid us the ability to dream again,” he said. For his part, the Venezuelan dignitary stressed that with the arrival of President Hugo Chavez to power in the South American country, the anti-values of exclusion existing in Venezuela towards Colombians disappeared. "What would have become of us (...) if we had not cultivated the vision of insurgent history (...) to consider the construction of the great. A truly humane, supportive society that cultivates the values of equality, respect, solidarity that cultivates the values of the country as independent, sovereign nations, not subordinated, kneeling or part of geopolitical games of imperial powers,” the president stressed. For his part, the Venezuelan Minister of Culture highlighted the 190 years of the National Library of Caracas, which has documents of great historical value for the nation. Venezuelan president sends message of solidarity to the Palestinian people The Venezuelan president sent a message of solidarity to the Palestinian people in the context of the inauguration of the XIX edition of the Filven. "Palestine, inescapably present with force, moves that attacked people, devastated by a supremacist ideology that persecutes, bombs, murders them and the people of Palestine resisting and raising their culture," he said. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telesurtv.net/amp/news/presidente-venezuela-inaugura-edicion-filven-20231109-0028.html
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