the mexican presidentAndres Manuel Lopez Obradorexpressed this Friday that he “respects” the statements of the president of Chili, gabriel boricin the Senate Mexico, where he criticized the silence in the face of the crisis of Nicaragua and sexist violence in Mexico.
We respect President Boric a lot, as we respect all presidents, especially in his case, who comes from a leftist movement, and of course he is completely free to demonstrate, to express himself,” López Obrador commented.
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A journalist questioned the Mexican president in his daily press conference about Boric’s statements on Thursday in the solemn session of the Senate, where he stated that “Latin America cannot be silent” in the face of human rights violations in the region and expressly denounced the situation of “political prisoners” in Nicaragua.
We cannot look to the side before the crisis that Haiti is experiencing, we cannot look to the side before the political prisoners in Nicaragua”, he indicated.
AMLO limits himself to expressing respect for Boric’s opinions
The opposition senators present interpreted the statements as a criticism of the Government of López Obradorwho has not condemned the Nicaraguan crisis.
Secondly, Boric described as “brutal” that in Mexico they murder 11 women a day.
(There are) 11 women every day murdered here in Mexico, brutal. Let’s not naturalize this violence, we have to fight it together, ”she said.
The Mexican president limited himself to saying that he “respects” Boric’s opinions without making further reference to them.
Boric made a three-day visit to Mexico, where on Wednesday he met with López Obrador at the National Palace to strengthen cooperation between the two nations, partners of the Pacific Alliance.
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