While intervening in a conversation at the Cairo Book Fair, the writer and journalist also highlighted the work of the Bolivarian Revolution and its leader Hugo Chavez, to rescue and recover Venezuelan culture.

We have to recognize our roots: African, native, Spanish and Arab, he pointed out.

The Venezuelan Minister highlighted the brotherhood between the Arab and Latin American peoples and advocated for increasing the cultural exchange between both sides.

During the dialogue, Villegas recalled that “a few kilometers from here genocide is being committed”.

The minister alluded to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7 and has so far caused more than 26,000 deaths and 65,000 wounded, most of them women and children.

Genocide no, Book Fair yes, the official stressed to the applause of those present.

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