Kueka Stone returns to Venezuela

On Friday, April 17, “the Kueka Stone begins its journey to the land it belongs to receive the strength and energy of our ancient indigenous people,” said President Nicolás Maduro after the Kueka Stone, a Pemon indigenous mythological relic, arrived at the dock of Guanta, Anzoategui state. “Today, Thursday, the sacred Kueka Stone, the Grandmother Stone of the Pemon people in Venezuela’s south, returned to Venezuela, 22 years later,” said the Venezuelan president. The Kueka Stone is a 30-ton piece of red jasper stone that was illegally removed from the Pemon people by the government of former President Rafael Caldera in 1998, and taken to Germany. The Venezuelan president recognized and congratulated the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry, Venezuela’s Ambassador to Germany, the Ministry of People’s Power for Culture and the Ministry of People’s Power for Indigenous People for their efforts to bring back this piece of “spiritual, cultural and millenary value for the indigenous people in the south. It returned today amid this fight.” “The Kueka Stone has returned to Venezuela!” said President Maduro Thursday, April 16, during the commemoration of the 17º anniversary of the Barrio Adentro healthcare program. Presidential Press Office