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shared admiration for Luis Alberto Spinetta, described themselves as “friends and accomplices” and reaffirmed their willingness to work together. president Alberto Fernandez and his Chilean colleague Gabriel Boric They staged their ideological and political harmony today at the Casa Rosada, although the young Chilean president, 36, has endured at least three awkward moments on issues that reveal differences with Argentina: Mapuche violence, the possible extradition of the Chilean guerrillas Galvarino Apablaza and the human rights violations in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. In addition, the visitor recognized “differences” due to the boundaries of the continental shelf.
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“There is no confusion, everything has been clarified, there have been no concerns,” said the President when asked about the use of the term “Wallmapu” (used by the Mapuches and which includes) at the press conference following the bilateral meeting Territory of Argentina) by the transandean government. Boric made that clear “None of us have questioned the territorial sovereignty of our respective countries”and then he got caught up in the conflict in his country, where violence by Mapuche groups was on the rise again.
“This is not an issue that we or the President invented. (Sebastian) PineraIt is not a problem with Argentina, but between the Chilean state and the Mapuche people, we will not ignore it. We have chosen a path, the path of dialogue, which will anger many who believe that things can be achieved through violence,” said the Chilean President.
“Double Standard”
When THE NATION asked him whether his appeal to “Latin American unity” contained in the joint statement included joint condemnation of human rights abuses in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, the Chilean President insisted. “The problem of human rights double standards, which exists in some parts of the left, also affects the right when it speaks of the triad Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua. And journalism reproduces it constantly. doWhy are they asking me about Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua and not asking me about human rights in our country or the assassination of social leaders in Colombia?
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And I add: “Human rights must be fully respected and our state must fully promote them in all parts of the world, regardless of the political persuasion (…) Let’s not use the suffering of the peoples in Ukraine, Yemen, Palestine, Venezuela or Nicaragua for this Dealing with the benefits of internal politics,” said Boric, who usually stigmatizes the government Nicholas Maduro of “failure” and assert that there is “nothing to highlight” about the administration Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua terms that the Argentine government never used to refer to both governments”.
The extradition of Apablaza
The third sensitive matter was that of Apablaza, accused of Senator’s murder Jaime Guzman in full democratic socialist government Salvador Allende, on an extradition request from the Supreme Court of Chile and currently a resident of the country. Fernández acknowledged that Boric had “expressed his concern” about the issue, saying that “he will take his reflections into account” and that “it will be the judiciary that will have to decide how this develops”.
“For Chile, it was a matter of state policy, beyond political considerations, and I have no doubt that every effort possible will be made,” Boric said, clarifying that he intends to “interfere” in another country’s judicial affairs. .
In 2001, the international conquest of Apablaza was requested. He was found in Argentina and held until justice released him. The Guzmán family appealed to the court and Apablaza applied for political asylum, which Cristina Kirchner granted him in 2010. Since then, no agreement has been reached on his extradition.
boundaries of the continental shelf
Boric acknowledged that there were disagreements with Argentina on the boundaries of the Antarctic shelf, but he hoped to resolve them through dialogue after the demonstration of harmony with Fernández. “There is no point in hiding that we have disagreements on this point. We will solve it through good offices and that will not prevent us from deepening our cultural ties,” said the Chilean leader.
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Gabriel Boric and Alberto Fernández, today in the Casa Rosada (Silvana Colombo/)
the government last year rejected a decree by the then President of Chile Sebastián Pinerawhich expands the Continental Platform of the transandean country in the southern seas so that it intersects with the Territorial delimitation of Argentina elected by Congress in 2020. According to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Piñera resolution, instrumented by two August 23 decrees, “clearly does not conform to the peace and friendship treaty concluded between the two countries in 1984” that ended the conflict of the Beagle Channel.
Of course there was room for coincidences. “We stand by the policy they have followed to support Argentina’s claim, I have no doubts on which side to stand, always on the side of peace,” said the Chilean President. He added that regularizing flights to the Falkland Islands “wasn’t part of the talk today” but pledged to do more.
With the album Clics Modernos by Charlie Garcia and an Argentinos Juniors jersey as new gifts from the president, Boric went to the Retiro Hotel for lunch, where he is staying, ahead of his visit to Congress and the Supreme Court.