K739-2011 Actions

• Jun 17, 2011: adopted

K739-2011 Text

 LEGISLATIVE  RESOLUTION  commemorating the 200th Independence Day of the
 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on July 5, 2011
 WHEREAS, The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is the site of  the  first
 permanent  Spanish settlement in South America -- Nuevo Toledo -- estab
 lished in 1522; and
 WHEREAS, While it was the first permanent settlement, it was also  one
 of  the most neglected as Spain sought more profitable resources such as
 silver and gold from other areas of the Americas; and
 WHEREAS, Riots, uprisings, rebellions and  insurrections  were  common
 during  the 16th Century through the 19th Century as Spanish rule proved
 to be overly oppressive and exploitive of the people native to  Venezue
 la; and
 WHEREAS,  In  1810,  while  Napoleon  continued to wage war upon Spain
 under Ferdinand VII, Venezuelan revolutionaries began  a  revolution  to
 win independence from Spain; and
 WHEREAS,  April 19, 1810, marked the start of the revolution for Vene
 zuelan Independence; on that day, a forceful dismissal of Spanish Gener
 al Captain Vincente Emparan was followed by  the  establishment  of  the
 Junta of Caracas; and
 WHEREAS,  On April 19, 1811, Venezuelan Independence was proclaimed by
 the Junta; and
 WHEREAS, The Declaration of Independence was signed on July  5,  1811,
 and  a congress was assembled with the purpose of writing a Constitution
 for the new republic; and
 WHEREAS, Sovereignty of Venezuela was  attained  in  1821,  under  the
 leadership  of  Simon Bolivar, one of the most celebrated individuals in
 Venezuela and Latin America; and
 WHEREAS, Bolivar is revered by many as a revolutionary  hero,  vision
 ary, and liberator; he freed not only Venezuela but what are today Boli
 via, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru; and
 WHEREAS,  The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela did not officially form
 until 1830 after a separation from Gran Colombia in 1830, following  the
 resignation and untimely death of Simon Bolivar; and
 WHEREAS,  Many  Venezuelans  have  made  New York their home, and this
 Legislative Body is justly proud to  thank  the  Venezuelan  people  for
 their contributions to this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
 RESOLVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 commemorate the 200th Independence Day of  the  Bolivarian  Republic  of
 Venezuela on July 5, 2011; and be it further
 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran
 smitted to the Consulate General of Venezuela in New York.

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