While the country awaits the announcement of a significant increase in the minimum wage for workers, the Government of Delcy Rodríguez announced in the last few hours how the closure will be, this May 1, Worker’s Day, of what the ruling party called “national pilgrimage” against the sanctions imposed by the United States against some government sectors.
The official sector has not yet called, as has been its custom, for a march or counter-march to commemorate the labor anniversary, but it did call to mobilize this Friday against the measures and, as Delcy Rodríguez expressed: “an act of unity to protect the homeland and end the sanctions, by virtue of the national unity demonstrated in a single call: Venezuela Fly Free.”
His brother, Jorge Rodríguez, also announced a great concert to be held at the La Carlota air base, Caracas, with several high-caliber national and international artists on stage.
In his words, it is a “gift” for workers and young people, a festival “for peace” without political distinctions and with eight stages.
Oscar D’León, Nicky Jam, Justin Quiles, Porfi Baloa and the duo Servando and Florentino head the list of artists who will perform this Friday, May 1 at the Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base.
The production promises an unprecedented logistical deployment to receive attendees on a single stage that seeks to combine music and political message. The concert will serve as the closing of the Great National Pilgrimage, an initiative that began on April 19 and traveled through several regions of the country under the motto “Venezuela Fly Free.”
Rodríguez emphasized that three columns will converge in the capital “in a single Venezuela that sings, prays, walks, dialogues and finds itself in brotherhood”, one of them will be led by herself, another by the president of the AN and the third by Diosdado Cabello.
While thousands of Venezuelans anxiously await the announcement of a significant increase in the minimum wage for workers, the Executive chose to concentrate efforts on that “great spiritual and patriotic mobilization.”
The event is presented as a day of meeting and celebration, although for many citizens the priority remains focused on the daily economic difficulties.
