Padrino López: The FANB's independence sovereignty principles are intact

Published at: 22/01/2026 04:20 PM

The Sectorial Vice President of Defense and Sovereignty, G/J Vladimir Padrino López, led the ceremony of delivery and reception of the Directorate of Military Academies of Venezuela.

During the activity, he pointed out that in the exercise of command in all the operational units of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), these new appointments “give consistency, coherence and continuity” to the development policies to strengthen the FANB.

He also demanded the release of President Nicolás Maduro, “from here, from the heart of our university, we once again demand, from the heart of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, that they bring him back here to his homeland.

He reiterated the resilient and revolutionary nature of the military institution, “the principles of independence sovereignty are intact .”

Finally, he reiterated that President Nicolás Maduro “wrote and signed a very special project called Ayacucho that has to do with the transformation of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces to move forward in the midst of these new realities (...) Within the framework of this Ayacucho transformation plan, we have to make revisions to adjust to the midst of our capabilities.”

Mazo News Team