“Pinochet’s betrayal was abominable,” says AMLO on a visit to Chile

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)visiting Chile, declared on Sunday his admiration for Salvador Allende and disqualified the performance of Augusto Pinochet in the 1973 coup d’état.

“The betrayal of Augusto Pinochet It was abominable. It is a stain that cannot be erased even with all the water in the oceans.“, said Lopez Obrador after meeting at the presidential palace of La Moneda with his Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric.

LOOK: Chile faces divided the 50 years of the coup of September 11, 1973 (and with the figure of Pinochet on the rise)

Allendewho took power in 1970, He was overthrown in 1973 by a military uprising led by General Pinoche.t, then head of the Army, who only hours before the coup had declared his loyalty to him. Pinochet remained in power for 17 years, until 1990.

Boric thanked Mexico for its solidarity with the persecuted Chileans in the past and the displacement of López Obrador to be present at the events for the 50th anniversary of the coupdespite “not usually making these trips.”

The Mexican said that He was a university student when Allende was overthrown. and that fact marked him.

“The Chilean president Salvador Allendewho still governs by example, is the foreign leader I admire the most,” he acknowledged.

He described it as “a humanist, a good man, victim of scoundrels” and as the “apostle of democracy of the Republic of Chile and example of dignity in the world.”

Half a century after the military coup, Chile is still divided between those who defend and repudiate the dictatorship.

López Obrador maintained that just as Allende wanted to achieve social transformations through democratic means, his government has managed to reduce poverty and inequality in Mexico. And he launched a sharp criticism of the media in his country.

“Without the support of the people we would not have been able to resist the intense campaign against us by the media, the media of manipulation, experts in slander and, I repeat, in manipulation,” he assured.

On the occasion of the 50 years of the coup d’état in Chilethe Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, issued a message in which he maintains that the milestone of 1973 “was an institutional break that broke the ties of coexistence and marked generations of Chileans.”

“On this anniversary, let us celebrate the Chilean commitment to democracy and human rights and reaffirm our dedication to building a more just, supportive and peaceful world”he assured.

Source: Elcomercio

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