Remarks by Rosario, Co-President of Nicaragua,
after the Event Commemorating the 46th Anniversary of the Foundation
of the Nicaraguan Army’s Air Force and Air Defense Forces
July 29th 2025
A very good evening, Compañeras and Compañeros. What is this Force that moves us? This Great, Noble, Heroic People! What is the force that moves us? It is Love! Love for our Blessed Nicaragua, for our Children, for our Families, the Patriotic Love out of which we strive, a Dignified Spirit, supremely Dignified... Love that is Dignity, Love that is Respect, Love that is Rights, Love that is our National Sovereignty!
When our Comandante Daniel discussed how our People have fought all these Battles throughout History and have defeated the Colonialists and the Imperialists of the Earth, and when he talks about the dimension of human selfishness, between War and Peace, I remembered conversations with Compañero Camilo, Comandante Camilo, who was a fan of that Novel, there was even a movie which I think lasted almost 8 or 9 hours "War and Peace".
We have always opted for Peace but we have had to fight for it, with all the Spirit of that Sacred Fire that animates our Hearts and our Souls, for Peace; to fight for it from a deep feeling of National Pride as well... Proud at being the way we are. We are proud to defend the Principles and Values that make our Humanity. Proud to be growing in that deep Spiritual Dimension, which we have and which makes us capable of facing all Challenges, every Challenge, every Battle, confident of Victory.
A beautiful and intense journey Comandante Daniel made, exploring our Times, those of us who live through them, those of us who may not have lived those times but do live them, because we have inherited that Patriotic Ardor. They are Our Times!
So many Compañeras and Compañeros, so many seeds sown that germinate and bear fruit. Hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans who have given their Lives out of Love, precisely so that we may have True Life, Life in Light and Truth, Life with Dignity, Life with Well-being. That's what we are working out now.
Today's Struggles and Battles are against Poverty, because we must move onward so that everyone has Well-being; so that Nicaragua’s Families feel blessed, not only for the Great Soul that we have, or for our Faith, our Strength, our Values, but also because we are indeed living better, because we have all that we deserve: Education, Health, Streets, Roads, Highways, Bridges, Housing... All those Programs that so eloquently express the Purpose and the Path of this Revolution of Love: That we all have Well-being in our Lives.
We know that we have a Future, and we know that we have sisters and brothers in the Struggle for Peace in the World, and Comandante Daniel has told us how this small People, so big of Soul, of Intentions, of Purposes, of Courage and of Actions, has many Brothers and Sisters and Friends in the World.
We have had the support in the past, of the Soviet Union, and now we have the support of a changing World, because it chooses Peace, despite the fierce narcissists of a Capitalism that is bound to decay. Because the World wants Peace, the World has the Right to live in Peace. There can be no more Wars. We face the historic challenge of building Peace everywhere, Peace with Well-being and Rights for the world’s Peoples.
We have great Friends, great Support, we have always had Brothers and Sisters offering Support and Solidarity. Now we indeed feel supported and accompanied by the great Powers of this World, always fighting against the Yankee, Enemy of Humanity. And really, those Battles must be fought, so today we are fighting them with more sense of a common purpose, which means Community, which means a sense of that Purpose we have, as a Family, as a Human Community, which is to create the conditions for Life to bear fruit and flourish as it should do, everywhere.
We want to greet all the families of our Compañeros and Compañeras of the Nicaraguan Air Force, our Heroic Air Force. How was the seed of the Air Force conceived, as the Comandante explained just now? It was because, in the heat of the fighting, we became Strong, through ingenuity, imagination, creativity, forging Paths of Victories, these Paths of Victories, yesterday, today, and always, God Willing.
Paths of Victories, because our Struggle is a Struggle for Peace, for Dignity, for Sovereignty, for Love, for Well-being, for a Good Life for our Peoples, our Families and Communities.
A warm embrace to all the families also of those who have given their lives over all these years, of the Air Force serving our People. And in these coming days, when we are going to be commemorating other anniversaries of our Army, of our Police, we greet each other now, knowing that we are together, that We are Going Onward, that Unity makes Strength, and that we are a Strong People, of Great Fortitude and Great Purposes, a People that deserves Glory and Victories!
Thank you, Compañeras and Compañeros, warm embraces to all Nicaragua’s Families. Let Us Go Onward! And since we are at the gates of August, we wish you a Month of August full of Festivities, of Joy; not only for the Traditional Holidays, but also the Commemorative Celebrations, the Anniversary of Youth, the Formation of Youth, the Literacy Crusade, so many Memorable Moments, Memorable Events, and We Continue To Build the Future!
Warm embraces to everyone. Embraces, Compañeras and Compañeros.