Boric calls from France to “defend” democracy and sets Nicaragua as an example

The president of Chili, gabriel boriccalled this Thursday to “defend“a democracy”endangered” in many parts of the world and asked the progressive forces in Latin America to denounce when human rights are violated as in Nicaragua.

“Democracy is not guaranteed and that is why we have to defend it”, Boric assured during a speech at the historic Sorbonne University in Parisin his last leg of a European tour that previously took him to Madrid, Brussels and Geneva.

LOOK HERE: Chilean Congress stops motion of censure against Minister of Education for gender agenda

The leftist president estimated that democracy is threatened by misinformation, corruption and inequalities, among other factors, and advocated solving these problems “with more democracy”.

“When we relativize our democratic principles, according to the sympathy we have with the current ruler (…), it is when our position weakens”, warned Boric, who is usually a dissenting voice in the Latin American left.

“When we talk about the violation of human rights in Nicaraguafrom the left we do not have to answer: ‘It is that in Israel too, it is that in USA also’. These are issues that have to matter in themselves.”, he added in the act organized by the Institute of Higher Studies on Latin America (IHEAL, for its acronym in French).

One of the lessons that Boric says he learned from his journey through Europe –where governments have veered to the right in recent years, as the polls predict for Spain Sunday– was the “need for unity of progressive sectors”.

The situation of democracy in the world and the rise of the “far-right populism” in many regions they also starred in the morning meeting with the mayoress of Paris, the socialist Anne Hidalgoat the Mayor’s office.

“Even 50 years later, the coup in Chili it is a call to vigilance. Nothing can be taken for granted (…) Our democracies must be defended every day”, said Hidalgo, the daughter of Spanish exiles in France.

The councilor gave Boric a copy of the plaque of the square that bears the name Salvador Allende in Paris.

MORE INFORMATION: “Not with my money”, the most supported popular proposal in the Chilean constituent process

The president thanked the Chileans who fled the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. At least 15,000 arrived in France between 1973 and 1978, according to historian Nicolas Prognon.

This Thursday, the president met with the employer Medef to present Chile, a lithium-producing country, as a land of investment and also spoke with the director general of Unesco, Audrey Azoulay.

On Friday he is scheduled to have a working lunch with the French president, Emmanuel Macronstarting at 1:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. GMT).

Source: Elcomercio

jack

I am Jack Morton and I work in 24 News Recorder. I mostly cover world news and I have also authored 24 news recorder. I find this work highly interesting and it allows me to keep up with current events happening around the world.