Minister Villegas: The legacy of Achiles Nazoa continues to resonate
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Published at: 11/04/2025 02:40 PM
The Minister of Popular Power for
Culture, Ernesto Villegas, taught students of the Doctorate in
Integral Defense of the Nation, cohort 2023-2026, of the Institute for Higher Studies in National
Security in the spaces of the General Archive of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, an institute that holds the country's historical documents and relics.
In this
emblematic space, Villegas celebrated civic-military union and the fusion of physical, police and military forces.
At the same time, he related it to creative powers and to
the act of irreverence represented by Achilles Nazoa, who took as a
reference a religious Creed, specifically “I believe in Almighty God”.
He highlighted how Nazoa transforms his Creed into rhetorical
formulas that convert faith. He pointed out that this resource is not
exclusive to him; figures such as Miguel Ángel Asturias also used it, in
fact, in his poem dedicated to Simon Bolivar, Asturias uses this
religious formula when stating: “I believe in you, Bolívar”.
In addition, he added that the sacredness of the text
has such an impactful political content that, over the decades, it
has the capacity to infiltrate collective consciousness.
He also mentioned that the Constitution of
the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of 1999 incorporates the invocation of the creative
powers of the people, which represents a magnificent contribution of art and
culture. “It's not simply a matter of embellishing the text with
aesthetic ornaments or decorative elements; rather, it's a need to reflect revolutionary artistic
proposals profoundly inspired by the
transformative force of their historical contexts,” he said.
For this reason, he stressed that “the legacy of
Achilles Nazoa continues to resonate, today we can carry out a
contemporary analysis of this Creed and reflect on many aspects from our current perspective”.
He invited each student to prepare their own Creed, stating that this reflection is not only to submit a document for evaluation, but to deepen their understanding of art and culture.
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