With its lights and shadows is no doubt that the countries in Latin America are the result of the discovery and evangelization of Spain later in the New World. Dangerous end it seeks to replace that identity invented a mythology, that the real American culture of indigenous people, while the Spanish are intruders, who came to rob and kill. Unrecognized absolutely nothing about the work of Spain in America. And now, seeks to prevail, as I explain below, a current that distorts all sense of religion, morality, history, society and economy that defines Latin America.
For several years I have updated this article on the discovery of America (¹.) Today, October 12, 2009, once again, I appropriate the date to wish you a happy Columbus Day, a happy Columbus Day, now in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez decree is the day of the “Indigenous Resistance . Known in his traditional speech on this day each year overflows commonplace especially against Christopher Columbus: that if “genocide”, that if the ships “exterminators”, than if swept all Aboriginal and those remaining are descendants of blacks who were brought in ships as slaves from Africa. Ie we are not descendants of the “bad mother Spain,” as he defines it.
It is important to mention that Chavez project progress, not only endangers the hemispheric security, but also threatens to destroy every last vestige of Hispanic identity. In its mix of populist communism, fascism and fundamentalism, involving Fidel Castro, Lula da Silva, Evo Morales, Rafael Correa, Daniel Ortega, Cristina Kirchner, Michelle Bachelet, now Mel Zelaya, all of the hand of his counterpart Hugo Chávez, also members of the Forum of Sao Paolo,
With its lights and shadows is no doubt that the countries in Latin America are the result of the discovery and subsequent evangelization of Spain in the New World. Dangerous that is aimed to replace the identity invented a mythology, that the real American culture is the indigenous, while the Spanish are intruders, who came to rob and kill. Seeks to prevail, as I explain below, a current distorts all sense of religion, morality, history, society and economy that defines Latin America.
According to this historiography surreal human sacrifices perpetrated by the Mayans and Aztecs, which tore the beating hearts of Tlaxcala and other tribes subject, or cannibalism practiced by the native Caribbean, samples were high civilization.
On the other hand, does not recognize anything of the work of Spain in America, but is visible in every Latin American city, in the form of squares, town halls, cathedrals and universities. Or in the transmission of the most precious cultural treasures, such as language, science, literature and other arts. Or, more evident in the unprecedented practice of mixing, induced directly by the Crown.
They are so blatant lies invented by the spokespersons of the Castro-communist, Chavez dared not only to be replaced, by decree (²), the “Columbus Day” by the “Day of Indigenous Resistance,” but dared to publicly rebuke Pope Benedict XVI, demanding an apology for the conduct of Spain and the Church in America.
To succeed this fraudulent view of history, Hispanic Americans will no longer be what they are, a wonderful mixture of races, legitimate heirs of Western Christian civilization, through its Hispanic roots, and become mere successors of the Indians, condemned primitivism and backwardness. Just what I wanted Chavez allies, like the FARC and ELN guerrillas, which after 515 years of discovery, still practice human sacrifice in the form of assassinations, kidnappings and extortion.
Incredibly, the Venezuelan political class has not coped with this historical and cultural threat. Chavez’s opponents are limited to condemn totalitarian practices, the control over the government, corruption, inefficiency, etc., And do very well in doing so, they must also face in other fields, equally important, as the deliberate misrepresentation of identity.
It should be recognized, however, the courageous work done by the private sector of Venezuelan education, who did well understood and irreversible permanent damage that means changing the curriculum, to brainwash the children and make them believe the lies of Sao Paulo Forum.
“Why did Paul VI and John Paul II asserted that Latin America is the Continent of Hope.”
Good question. “The Continent of Hope”, the name of the book of the Venezuelan Alejandro Pena Esclusa, president of the NGO Solidarity Force and the international organization UnoAmerica, as it were named the continent for its sanctity, is a mandatory reference book, which goes on fore that “The obstacle to the development of Latin America is an impediment to psychological: a collective failure in self-esteem.” That, among others, cites the Spanish historian Julián Juderías, author of The Black Legend.
“The enemies of Spain started to spread the black legend in the mid-16th century, following the Protestant Reformation. Given the identification that then existed between Spain and the Catholic Church, to discredit an impact upon the other. “
Of course, nowadays, the black legend came to them the finger to the Marxist, Hugo Chavez, among the best examples. The resentment, lack of self esteem, the desire for retaliation, plus the sum of a distortion of history. Because it helps promote the class struggle and race.
“The lies and exaggerations against Spain, widely refuted by numerous historical documents, became an unquestionable truth, to the point that most Latin Americans repeat them, without realizing that doing so would inflict serious damage, especially in their self-esteem. The creative ability of a population is closely linked to the position it has of itself, ie its historical identity. If a people feel satisfied and proud of its history, will more than likely to make valuable contributions to humanity. “
It is very unfortunate, but Hispanic citizens of good will celebrate the day with joy, grateful to share so many things, talk to God in the same language (³) and also because, on 12 October, Columbus Day, is the day of the Virgen del Pilar. Viva la Hispanidad!
