[evoz] A Friend of the People

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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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Friends,Over a dozen years ago the Central America Support Committee hosted a couple of events in Victoria with two Venezuelan revolutionaries who at that time were both elected as members of the Venezuelan Legislature. They gave us a good account on what the Venezuelan revolution was about. One of them was Dario Vivas who when I was in Venezuela in 2008 for a solidarity conference I was able to meet with again in Caracas. I had the privilege to even share a meal with him together with a few other friends. At present he was the Mayor of Caracas.
He was one of those people who gave all he had to build a new and just society. Although his physical presence has passed away today, his revolutionary example will be left with all of us who had the chance to have met him.
Long live comrade Dario Vivas!Randy

Venezuela: Caracas Mayor Dario Vivas Dies From COVID-19



14 August 2020 - Telesur
Caracas Mayor Dario Vivas Friday passed at the age of 70, after 20 days hospitalized with COVID-19.
On July 19, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) president had said on Twitter that he had tested positive for the virus and was going into self-isolation. As reported, he died after respiratory and cardiac complications.
Venezuela’s Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab announced the news and confessed being profoundly sad about the decease.
“We are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of our good friend and a full-fledged revolutionary, with whom we have fought on the streets of Caracas since the 1980s to defend our people and the homeland," he mourned.
Every week for the last few months, Vivas used to take to the streets to deliver supplies and medicines to hospitals and clinics.
“He died in combat, taking care of all of us in this difficult battle against the COVID-19 pandemic,” Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez stressed.
Other government officials have been tested positive, including the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) president Diosdado Cabello and the Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami.
Viva’s remains will be taken in a pilgrimage to one of the main squares of Caracas, where he will be buried next to Simon Bolivar, the hero of the independence of the Andean countries.