Opening Remarks of the Military Parade
of the Nicaraguan Army on its 46th Anniversary of Foundation
September 3rd 2025
Address by Army General
Julio César Avilés Castillo
Commander-in-Chief of the Nicaraguan Army
Comandante Daniel Ortega and Compañera Rosario Murillo, Co-Presidents of the Republic and Supreme Commander of the Nicaraguan Army; Brothers of the General Command, Colonels Generals Bayardo Rodríguez, Chief of General Staff, and Marvin Corrales, Inspector General.
First Commissioner Francisco Díaz, Head of the Police Force; Licenciada Rosa Adelina Barahona, Minister of Defense; Major General Spiro Bassi, Second Chief of the General Staff; Brothers and Sisters of the Military Council and Officers present.
Officials of State and Government Bodies, and Special Guests; Ambassadors, Attachés and Heads of Military Missions accredited in the Country; Participating blocks of soldiers; population in general.
Thank you for joining us.
Today, the Nicaraguan Army, on the occasion of the 46th Anniversary of its Foundation, dedicates this Military Parade in Honor of the Noble and Dignified Nicaraguan People, a People who have always fought for Peace, Sovereignty, Independence, Self-Determination and Territorial Integrity, offering their best children in defense of these Sacred Interests.
Children of the People in the Uniform of this Patriotic Nation, today we will march reaffirming our Commitment to fulfill our Missions and Tasks, loyal to the last breath of our lives, in the firm and uncompromising defense of the inalienable Rights and Foundations of the Nicaraguan Nation.
Today we will march, loyal, firm and cohesive, as worthy inheritors of General Sandino’s Army in Defense of National Sovereignty and its Motto of “Patriotic Nation and Freedom”.
We will march proudly since we are the People in Uniform, themselves working for their own benefit; we will march loyal, firm and cohesive, always focused on the construction of the Free, Dignified, Just, Prosperous and Peaceful Nation we all deserve.
Brothers and Sisters, today more than 2,500 Brothers and Sisters in Arms and 250 combat vehicles will parade on this Avenue Bolívar to Chávez, demonstrating the high level of steadfast cohesion we have achieved so as to defend the Conquests and Rights of our People, expressed in our Constitution. The Constitution that governs us and which with Honor and Loyalty we will firmly protect and respect, complying strictly with what is established in it.
Honor and Glory to the Heroic Nicaraguan People!
Honor and Glory to our Heroes and Martyrs!
Honor and Glory to our National Heroes, General José Dolores Estrada, General Benjamín Zeledón, General Augusto César Sandino!
Long live the 46th Anniversary of the Nicaraguan Army!
In fulfillment of our Missions and Tasks... All for our Patriotic Nation!
In defense of this Patriotic Nation and the Institution...
Long live the Nicaraguan Army!
Address by Daniel
Nicaraguan brothers and sisters; Families of those who serve the People, serve our Patriotic Nation, those in the ranks of our People's Army, which, as General Avilés has rightly said, is the People in Uniform of the Army of Nicaragua.
Today, commemorating the 46th Anniversary of the Army, we thereby also commemorate the Heroic Feat of the General of Free Men and Women, General Sandino; and commemorate the Heroic Deed of the first defeat given by our Nation to the Northern filibusters: The Battle of San Jacinto.
We are in the Month of our Patriotic Nation, of the Battle of San Jacinto, the Month in which Nicaraguan Families, and Students in particular, from the youngest Children to those who are now in High School, pay Tribute to the Heroes of the Battle of San Jacinto: General José Dolores Estrada and that gigantic Hero, who stood forth with the stone to defend the Nation, and with that stone brought down the Yankee invader, our National Hero Andrés Castro.
This afternoon we will see Soldiers and Officers from the different Army Units marching, and they will give a display of the high degree of organization the Army has, the high degree of discipline the Army has, the high degree of Love for our Patriotic Nation, serving the People, serving Producers, Workers, serving Nicaragua’s Families.
Defending Security to ensure Peace, so that here in Nicaragua we achieve it, God willing, and continue advancing along this Path, which was certainly opened with a great deal of grief, by thousands of Heroes, thousands of Martyrs throughout our history, from Diriangén to Zeledón, from Zeledón to Sandino, from Sandino to the Heroic Combatants and Militants who gave their lives in the ranks of the Sandinista Front, until Victory was achieved on July 19th 1979.
Those Brave, Heroic Fighters, children as well as adults, who gave up their lives, are present here and when the Brothers and Sisters of the Army march on this Avenue Bolívar to Chávez, the Heroes and Martyrs will also be marching there, because they are still alive in the Heart of the Nicaraguan People, they are still alive in the Heart of Nicaragua’s Families, and in these formations, in these detachments of the different military units, let us remember that they always accompany us, they are always present, and they always remind us: Here, No One Surrenders!
Long live Nicaragua!
Long live the Nicaraguan Army!