His Excellency Álvaro Sánchez Cordero , Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago, left, and Vice Admiral Reinaldo León Fajardo, Military Attaché of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago, right, lay a wreath in front of the bust of Latin-American freedom fighter, Simón Bolívar at the Alma Jordan Library on July 24 as part of a ceremony to commemorate the 240th anniversary of Bolivar’s birth. The ceremony also commemorated the bicentennial of the Battle of Lake Maracaibo - a watershed in the Venezuelan struggle for independence - as well as the Day of the Bolivarian Navy. Farjado gave the keynote. Following the ceremony, attendees were given a tour of the Dr. Eric Williams Memorial Collection Research Library, Archives and Museum.
