Peruvian Prime Minister Violeta Bermudez saluted those men and women who continue fighting and seeking recognition of their rights and identity.
Remarks were made during an event marking 240 years since the death of Tupac Amaru II and Micaela Bastidas.
Speaking from the Andean city of Cusco, the Cabinet chief affirmed that the feat accomplished by Tupac Amaru II brings us a series of reflections.
Those reflections, she said, include the need to have a convening attitude to face the challenges that arise in society, understanding our identity as a strength to move forward, the importance of decentralization, and the vindication of the role of women in the fight to build a fair society.
That is why she urged citizens to move towards that path: "Let us do it, united, as was suggested by Tupac Amaru, with a vision of a more just and equal Peru."
For his part,
Culture Minister Alejandro Neyra emphasized that the country's independence was a complex process, which originated in the idea and strength of patriotic Peruvians such as Tupac Amaru and Micaela Bastidas, and that the death of both marked the beginning of the independence movement in Peru and South America.
He went on to say that "Peru is a country that looks to the future with hope and that, despite all the difficulties it has gone through, it always moves forward. Leading figures such as Tupac Amaru and Micaela Bastidas will continue to show us the path that we must follow together."
(END) NDP/JCR/RMB
Publicado: 18/5/2021