The ex-president Jose Mujica expressed his condolences after the death of the former president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, by ensuring that “they had a good relationship”, beyond any type of political difference.
When speaking in dialogue with Efe, the former head of state recalled a trip to the Antarctica which they did together in January 2012, in which they visited the bases of both countries on the white continent.
On the other hand, in line with what was expressed by the president Luis Lacalle Pou about help efforts to obtain vaccines during the pandemic of Covid-19, Mujica He said he went with his wife, the former vice president Lucia Topolansky, to greet him at the hotel where he stayed to thank him for that gesture.
“I can’t forget that. I thanked him enormously and I recognized it,” he confided. Mujica and added: “At some point we had differences of a political nature, but enormous respect for the human point of view and good relations.”
In that tone, the former president finally sent a greeting to the family of whoever governed Chili in two periods and that this Tuesday he died in a car accident helicopter.
“To the family of pineapple and very particularly to your wife, my greetings, the hug and that of my dear colleague who is here,” concluded the former president.
International repercussions
The death of pineapple generated repercussions at an international level, to the point that the former president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, expressed his “immense sadness” at the departure of a “dear friend,” whom he described as “good people, committed like no one else to Chili and with the values of freedom and democracy in Latin America”.
“It really is a total, irreplaceable loss. Today I say goodbye to a friend and a notable leader. All my love for his family,” said the PRO representative in Argentina.
Meanwhile, the former president of that country, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, He also expressed his condolences: “I met Sebastian Piñera Being both Presidents, I remember when he accompanied us in the Bicentennial celebrations along with the other leaders of the entire South America”.
“As everyone knows, we did not have the same ideas, but we were always united by a relationship of great respect: he was a right-wing but deeply democratic man. I fondly remember his sense of humor and the warmth of his family, whom I met in Chile. “All my condolences to them,” stated the Peronist leader.
The messages of pain were added Luis Almagro, secretary general of the OAS, who called to accompany “all the Chilean people in these moments of sadness”, as well as the former president Felipe Calderón (Mexico).
“It hurts me deeply to hear about the death of my friend. Sebastian Piñera. His family loses an exemplary husband and father. Chile to one of its best presidents. Democracy to a combatant. Latin America to a great leader and peerless economist. I hug his family and the Chileans,” said Calderón.
Meanwhile, the former president of Paraguay, Mario Abdo, noted: “In the hardest moments, Piñera was always supporting Paraguay and the entire region. Just yesterday we were on a video call with a group of former presidents. We are very shocked by this sad news. My solidarity hug to the entire Piñera family and to the Chilean people”.
Source: Ambito
