Chile and Colombia convene an extraordinary meeting of the OAS due to riots in Brazil

The president of Chili, gabriel boricconvened on Monday an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) to address the disturbances in Brazilwhere supporters of the right-wing ex-president Jair Bolsonaro They attacked the headquarters of public institutions.

In statements with the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petrovisiting Santiago, Boric said that “These actions are unacceptable, as are complicit silences, and they cannot be relativized or ignored.”.

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“This situation is worrisome for our countries. Our region must have a clear position on the matter”, added the president, explaining that the objective of the regional meeting is for the rest of the countries of the block to pronounce themselves on the matter.

Petro and Boric, both leftist presidents who took office last year, reaffirmed their support for the president. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawho took office on January 1 after defeating Bolsonaro in the elections.

The Colombian president, a former rebel and Colombia’s first leftist president, compared the attack to Chile’s 1973 military coup against socialist Salvador Allende.

“Today they would like to return to the times of Allende, today they would like to bomb those illusions again”, Petro said, assuring that there is a historic resistance to leftist governments in the region.

“We have just seen it in Brazil, but not only in BrazilPetro said. “It is time to say that what happened 50 years ago in this same place will not happen again”.

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Both leaders also discussed cooperation on aerospace technology, immigration and renewable energy, with a focus on green hydrogen.

Boric and Petro also requested that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issue an opinion on the obligation of States in terms of fundamental rights in the face of climate change.

Source: Elcomercio

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