Caracas, March 5 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) paid tribute to Commander Hugo Chávez (1954-2013), on the 11th anniversary of his sowing, which Venezuela commemorates today.

"In #ALBATCP we pay tribute to the arañero of Sabaneta, to the soldier, to the leader," the Latin American and Caribbean bloc said in its X account.

The Alliance called the Bolivarian commander "manager of great social transformations" and builder of the unity of our America.

It assured that his legacy is "more valid than ever" in every child, young person, woman and man of the Patria Grande.

President Nicolas Maduro wrote in the same social network that 11 years after the sowing of Commander Chavez "we ratify his legacy", a powerful revolutionary identity that gathers the forces of the emancipating deeds of the history of our America.

"Chavez lives and will always live, in the rebelliousness, in the conscience and in the hopes, but above all, in the joy and the will to fight", expressed the President.

Foreign Minister Yván Gil stated in another message that on March 5, 2013, Chávez "transcended into immortality", as leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, defender of socialism and opponent to imperialism.

He affirmed that his legacy endures as an example of love, solidarity and struggle for the just causes of the world.

Also in X, the Minister of Defense, General in Chief Vladimir Padrino expressed that "we always remember you my commander!

"For in the eternal wind, the roots of your legacy flourish and in the heart of the people, your sowing germinates," he said.

Padrino affirmed that today, 11 years after the physical departure of the so-called Eternal Commander, "your Bolivarian soldiers and soldiers honor your memory, your example will always guide us. Long live Hugo Chávez.

In an audiovisual that accompanies the post, the Vice-President for Sovereignty, Security and Peace asserted that he can say today that "we have been loyal" to his thought and legacy.

This Revolution and these contributions of Commander Hugo Chávez, said Padrino, have allowed us to resist, maintain territorial integrity, defend sovereignty and protect the people.

This Tuesday, there will be cultural, religious, political and recreational activities to remember the Bolivarian leader on the eleventh anniversary of his departure to eternity and whose imprint continues defining today the destinies of Venezuela.