“Boric, friend, the people are with you”, hope awakens in Chile

The hope and joy of a change of political generation in Chile euphoria awoke on Friday among tens of thousands of followers of the new president Gabriel Borica former student leader who at the age of 36 came to the presidency to the ovations of a pop star.

“borik, friendthe town is with you”, chanted endlessly a crowd after a long wait for the first speech as president of borik towards the Plaza de la Constitución that precedes the palace of La Moneda, in Santiago.

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“Thank you, brave youth”, read the banner of Amaya Gutiérez, a 52-year-old administrator. “I came to see this child that we will help him to do well,” she told AFP in the square under 30 degrees Celsius, without any shade.

Opportunities, transformations, promises and changes are words that are repeated among those who crowded around the seat of government to see the new president pass by, after the inauguration ceremony of the Congress in Valparaíso.

“From this new government I expect equal opportunities, rights for all. I don’t want them to give me anything, but for the field to be even for everyone “affirmed José Luis Carrasco, a 33-year-old administration engineer.

Couples, families with children and singles waited, cell phones in hand, anxiously leaning against security fences, longing for the leftist to come up and say hello, shake hands and wish him well.

“President, we are with you”, “borika lot of strength, mijito”said banners, many in lilac or green colors that identify the new feminist movements that have been unwaveringly supporting the youngest president in the history of Chilewhich promises a government “feminist, environmentalist and of gradual reforms”.

“I hope that these four years will be of transformations, that he can fulfill what he promised and that it can be a collaborative period. And I hope that it fulfills the promise that a feminist government is going to make, that there is more equality for women”, trusted Carol Rivera, 29 years old.

doubts, uncertainty

Expectations were also colored by the uncertainty of some who observed this environment from a distance.

“Hopefully borik understand that in these 32 years (since the return to democracy) we have indeed made progress in Chileyou don’t have to change everything,” said Silvia Gallegos, a 68-year-old doctor, who admits that she voted for borik because “I would never vote for the right.”

“It reminds me of when (the socialist Salvador) Allende arrived in 1971, the fervor and illusion was similar”he said frowning.

From moments of euphoria it passed to silence, then to a nervous murmur, and again to false cries of “It’s coming!” that raised spirits and flags, to be attentive again to the radios and social networks that transmitted where the presidential delegation is advancing.

Even a couple of older adults commented on the atmosphere that was lived: “You saw, just like when the Pope came”, in reference to the visit of John Paul II, in 1987.

A car arrives and people ask excitedly: “Who is who is?”. It is Giorgio Jackson, the new minister for relations with Parliament, and people acclaim him like a rock star, a simulacrum for what awaits borik.

But when the president’s partner, Irina Karamanos, arrives, the applause is impressive.

The sun and the temperature begin to drop when the shouts from the neighboring streets announce that the new president is approaching. Despite what many expected in the nearby blocks, the convertible car that was carrying borik -standing and waving all the time- he moves very slowly, but he doesn’t stop and he doesn’t approach people.

It reaches the Plaza de la Constitución, in front of La Moneda, gets out of the Ford Galaxie, and people of all ages run and try to be as close as possible. borik The tour begins through a square not full of people, although full of fervor, who await the first presidential speech of borik from a symbolic balcony.

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Source: Elcomercio

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