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exploring the recent history of a nation through the analysis of commemorations and festive events triggers the idea that such practices constitute significant reservoirs of social, esthetic and political experiences when organizing and internalizing –provisionally at least– the historical memory and collective identities but also when instituting a new political order and disputing the future. Furthermore, they provide us with an entry point to the analysis of the political and cultural climate of a particular time. Therefore, this paper looks into the ways in which the ‘Bolivarian Revolution’ rebuilt the historical memory and refreshed the national identity during the independence bicentennials in Venezuela. This is carried out by revisiting official commemoration practices and speeches deployed during the country’s celebrations which took place in Caracas on April 19, 2010 (bicentennial of the ‘Supreme Council Conservative of the Rights of Fernando VII’) and on July 5, 2011 (bicentennial of the declaration of Independence)

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