Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcenas, who was also Ambassador to Chile, presided over the memorial ceremony for Allende, victim of the fascist coup d’état carried out by General Augusto Pinochet with the support of the United States government.
In addition to Isabel, José Miguel Insulza, former Secretary General of the Organization of American States, the Chilean Ambassador to Mexico, Beatriz Sánchez, as well as numerous intellectuals from the southern country, some of whom still live here since the military coup, were also present at the event.
Bárcenas said that this criminal act left a scar on the history of Chile but also on the history of our entire continent, describing the coup as a breach of constitutional order that we have not yet been able to fully heal.
“I think this is our responsibility, because we observed Salvador Allende’s transformative project from afar,” reflected the Chancellor.
He recalled that Allende came to Mexico in 1972 at a very difficult time, because we were leaving behind the movement of 1968 (the Tlatelolco massacre) and the repression of Corpus Christi in 1971, so a very bloody moment for Mexico too.
And the arrival of President Allende gave us hope for the young people involved in these social movements.
He inspired us to a social vocation and showed us that another world based on democracy is possible because he was the first socialist president in the world to win democratically.
For this reason, we, the Government of Mexico, will accompany these commemorations, from the heart and soul of a people who, like the Chileans, honor their historical memory and pave the way for the future.
And he concluded, quoting Allende: “One day America will have a voice of the continent, a voice of a united people, a voice that will be respected and heard because it will be the voice of the people ruling their own people. ” Determination.”
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