Lula’s busy schedule in Buenos Aires
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 – 09:25 UTC
Lula and Fernández met with human rights leaders at the Casa Rosada and were later joined by Evo Morales for a concert with them.
After their bilateral meeting in Casa Rosada, the Presidents of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, met with representatives of human rights organizations.
Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers Director Estela de Carlotto told Lula that the fact that “he is President of this dear friend and brother city today fills us with pride.”
For his part, the President of the Peace and Justice Service (Serpaj) and Nobel Prize winner in 1980, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, stressed that “the democracies of Latin America are in danger and for this we need the unity of Brazil, Argentina and the rest of the countries of the continent.
The leaders of Abuelas Buscarita Roa, Manuel Goncalves Granada and Leonardo Fossati also attended the meeting; Nora Cortiñas, Taty Almeida, Hilda Clara de Wainstein, and Carmen Vieyra de Abreu of the founding Mothers of Plaza de Mayo lineage; Ernesto Lejderman, relatives of those imprisoned and disappeared for political reasons; and Paula Donadío and Anabella Montaner, among others from CHILDREN.
Beatriz Capdevila, President of the La Matanza Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH), later told the press that they had spoken to Lula about the situation in Peru and the possibility that Fernández Milagro Sala, the leader of the Jujuy Social, would receive a pardon from Sala The President grants worker convicted of corruption in the management of funds granted by the federal government to the Tupac Amaru organization to build homes for those most in need. Meanwhile, a presidential pardon would have political ramifications for Fernández’s re-election plans.
On Monday, in an independent episode, Sala’s son Sergio Chorolque Sala was found dead at his home in Jujuy. The cause of death was not disclosed, but Tupac Amaru’s sources said he was suffering from diabetes and drug problems. He was 37 years old. He was accused of money laundering after buying seven cars for cash between 2011 and 2015.
Capddevila also said they spoke to Lula about lawfare and the dangerous advance of Latin America’s political right, something that also happens “in countries like Italy”. [y] Spain.”
The highlight of the visiting President’s program was the Argentine-Brazilian Brotherhood concert at the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK), where Presidents Lula and Fernández were accompanied by former Bolivian President Evo Morales.
The musical show included the participation of Brazilian artist Teresa Cristina and local artists such as Juan Carlos Baglietto, Flor Bobadilla Oliva, León Gieco, Nacha Guevara, Rodolfo Mederos, Sandra Mihanovich, Teresa Parodi, Nahuel Penissi and Ligia Piro.
Despite Lula’s busy schedule, one item was dropped: a face-to-face meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who eventually decided not to attend the Celac summit for fear of arrest.