José Acevedo y Gómez, Tribune of the People of Acevedo in Huila In Acevedo, boiled Bicentennial Renza
Alberto Lizcano - Diario del Huila, Acevedo Special
- July 18, 2010
A torrential downpour that lasted from the night before, prevented the program will be held to commemorate the Bicentennial of Independence, in the municipality of Acevedo and homage to the Tribune of the People: Jose Acevedo and Gómez, who died in May 1817 in the mountains of southern Huila, on the border with the department of Caquetá.
However, despite the persistent rain, students of educational institutions in the municipality, participated in a colorful parade waving the national flag.
Your journey that culminated in Central Park, was watched from balconies and from the doors and windows of buildings, where people took shelter from the rain.
for the unveiling of the bust of the hero of independence, without the presence of the Minister of Culture and the Governor of Huila, which for meteorological reasons could not leave the city of Neiva.
Representing the Government Departmental Acevedo came to land: the Secretaries of Culture and Tourism, Nubia Monje, General Secretariat, Canacué Gladys Medina, and Roads and Infrastructure, Eulogio Duran, and the mayors of some towns in the central and southern department.
On the Bicentennial celebration of Independence Acevedo, Secretary of Culture of Huila, said: "This event aims to remind the liberator, remember how it began our beloved Republic of Colombia, what happened during these 200 years, to make us feel proud of our country, our homeland, to revive our characters and never get out of our memory. "
regretted that the time had not been an ally of these events, so it could not be present or the Minister of Culture and the Governor of the Department.
Meanwhile, the historian aceveduno:
Reinel Salas stressed the attitude of the Government, the Department and the Army, having Acevedo selected as one of the which formally celebrates the bicentenary of the proclamation of the Cry of Independence.
noted that this conclusion:
"is hardly fair to refresh the memory of the People's Tribune, Don José Acevedo y Gómez, who after having served a special role during the installation and organization of the Board of Governors of Santa Fe, and Murillo at the siege of chasing him to take the scaffold, looking out to Brazil through the Caquetá, and finally in his attempt to die in the mountains of southern Huila " , recalled the historian.
lamp José Acevedo y Gómez
A committee of the municipality of Bethlehem in the Andaquíes, headed by Secretary of Government: Hernando Sanchez Spain, arrived in the morning carrying the lamp Acevedo People's Tribune, which sits in the library and gave custody as for a month to indigenous council Anayaco Andaki Acevedo as a symbol of brotherhood between the two municipalities.
The lamp was found in 1929 at a place known as Greens, Andaquíes Bethlehem, where presumably the tomb of tribune.
This lamp was initially taken to the Council of Florence in 1990, the Corporation proceeded to deliver edilicia the City of Bethlehem Andaquíes, where he remains in custody at the Municipal Cultural House.
In Acevedo received the lamp, the governor of the indigenous council, Olga Maria Perlaza of Polanía, who was pleased by the gesture of goodwill from the municipal authorities of Bethlehem and noted that it will yield sufficient and necessary to honor hero Independence.
noted that by indigenous peoples is preserving the cultural identity of the region and cried because this is extended without reservation, because, he said, "to preserve our customs, our culture and learn the history, makes us great in the regional and national levels. "
The Secretary of Government of Bethlehem Andaquíes said aceveduna community, a greeting of brotherhood and joy at being the center of the bicentenary of independence, and highlighted as of great importance, the award custody lamp Jose Acevedo y Gomez to the council Anayaco Andaki to exalt the memory of this hero who died to bear the harsh weather, hunger and disease, in the mountains of this region Surcolombiana.
on cultural work in their municipality, said that is done in coordination with all segments of the population order to quicken the sense of belonging and interest in learning about history.
The municipality of Acevedo and problems According Reinel Salas, a historian, "it is important to make people pause in their lives and return to his memory to recognize its origins, because if you do not recognize the processes experienced in the past, do not know why things are. "
Acevedo, today is a town of 35 000 inhabitants, with more than 100 villages, with a tertiary road network of over 800 kilometers, which absorbs any budget item for maintenance efficiently.
The town has had the feature at a developmental disorder marked by a lack of planning and the seriousness with which these concepts are handled.
regard to rural services, the municipality has an approximate coverage of 95 percent in electricity and nearly 60 percent of the aqueduct, but not every treatment. Population grows
concerning the movement and current issues go together in the same growth rate, with poor public services, lack of resources to deal with health problems quickly to its entire population, although the Municipal Administration efforts to overcome them, are great.
You need to resolve problems Municipal abattoir adequacy, coverage for the control of water pollution, despite the work of the community striving for certification of coffee farms.
He needs to build the Municipal Administration Office, whose project was based on National Planning, and whose cost is estimated at 1,300 million pesos.
Nazianzus Mayor Ortiz Monroy, expect the President of the Republic, who had announced his presence on Saturday in Acevedo, leave allocated the resources requested by the Municipal Government
.
But population has seen in recent years as a major receptor involved families in displacement, leading local authorities to redouble efforts to provide appropriate care in accordance with the requirements of national order.
Mayor Head of the Municipal Administration Acevedo, Nacianceno Ortiz, presented greetings to the community and said that this historical moment that has lived, was marred by a wave of rain that prevented the development of a carefully prepared schedule for a long time.
felt no nostalgia for the presence of the President of the Republic until the last minute that almost kept the expectation of attending this event.
And in the environment community's discontent was experienced by the non-presence of the president of Colombia.
Among the members of the community, a 74-year-old age, Abraham
Yustres , stepped off the sidewalk Bateas expressly to see the President.
said:
"I was hoping to President Uribe, but safe for the winter did not come that man. Since coming General Rojas Pinilla and Laureano Gómez, also came. I looked here. I was not going to ask for anything the president, coming to you, but see, it came and washed like paste. " -------- Source: http://www.diariodelhuila.com/noticia/2161
