Los Angeles (USA), June 10 (EFE).- Chilean President Gabriel Boric this Friday advocated leaving the polarization in the Americas behind and criticized the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the Americas Summit.
The President said, “We either survive together or sink separately. We cannot submit ourselves to being the elite clubs of countries that think alike. It is time to leave the polarization of our continent behind.” The plenary session of the forum, which took place in Los Angeles, United States, will be held on Monday.
“We should all be there and not all of us,” he added, referring to the absence of government delegations from Chile, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela that were not invited by the United States. America Summit.
The rationale for exclusion, according to the US State Department, is that the regimes in these countries do not meet “democratic standards”. However, Boric underlined the need to continue the dialogue and for America to present itself to the world as “one united voice”.
“In such a forum, it would be important to discuss with all existing countries the urgent need for the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua or the moral importance of ending the unjust American blockade of Cuba once and for all,” he said. .
At his first major international event since assuming his presidency in March, Boric had the opportunity to reaffirm his commitment to human rights “without limits, whatever the government’s self-deprecating political vision”.
In addition, the Chilean president once again addressed environmental and gender issues, two pillars of the campaign that elected him.
“We have to move forward with full political participation of women, equality, autonomy of bodies and a life free from violence,” Boric said.
In his speech, the president also assured that “protecting the oceans is an act of survival” that America should take seriously.
source: Noticias
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