Spain reiterates its commitment to collaborate with Chile to recover shared memory 50 years after the coup d’état

The government of Spain This Monday he praised the events of the 50th anniversary of the military coup against the democratic government of the socialist Salvador Allende and reiterated his commitment to continue collaborating in the recovery of memory and the condemnation of the dictatorship with Chilia country that, like Spain He lost democracy and managed to recover it.

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This is what the Secretary of State for Democratic Memory said, Fernando Martínez Lópezand the Secretary of State for Cooperation, Pilar Cancelaupon arrival at Moneda Palace for the official ceremony, boycotted by Chilean opposition parties, both right and far-right.

We come to “show all our solidarity with the Chilean people on the 50th anniversary of the disastrous coup d’état that ended democracy and President Allende. Today what we come to remember is also a memory shared among the people of Chili and the Spanish people, we both lost democracy and we also recovered it.”he claimed Martinez Lopez.

“TOYes, congratulations for this event, for the memory and above all for making it possible for those traumatic events of the past to never happen again. The government of Spain and the Chilean government”, he stressed.

Along the same lines, the cooperation secretary sent “a very affectionate greeting from Spain, from the government of Spain“, before highlighting that “Spain and Chili They have been brother countries for a long time, we are united by many things, but we are also united by the recovery of memory and keeping alive what happened.”

“You cannot rewrite history if you do not always remember it and reinforce democracy. It’s a great day for Chilibut also for Spain”, he concluded.

This morning, the president of Chili, Gabriel Boricthanked on social networks the message sent by the acting president of Spain, Pedro Sanchezand stressed that “As the President says Pedro Sánchez Castejón, Spain and Chili “They defend democracy from a shared experience.”

“Thank you president for joining the commemoration of the 50YearsOfTheCoup. DemocracyAlways, that is our path”, he highlighted.

Source: Elcomercio

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