translated from Spanish: Piñera takes advantage of eclipse to ask to put “our country going”

After arriving at about 13.30 hours at the la Silla observatory, located in the commune of La Higuera, in the region of Coquimbo, President Sebastián Piñera spoke about the long-awaited solar eclipse that will be lived in some ins tantes
After ensuring that it is a “very exciting day and that we have waited for a long time,” he took advantage of the instance to send a political message, Emol reported.
“Remember that after the eclipse the sun rises again, and I say it because in Chile there are some who are infected with pessimism and Chile is a wonderful country,” he said.
“Let’s get our country going, because that’s what’s going to allow us all to have a fuller and happier life,” he said.
“Chile is today the capital of the world in terms of astronomy. We are the eyes and senses of humanity so that we can look, observe and study the stars and the universe,” he said. “We’re going to have something spectacular: a total eclipse of the sun. The moon is going to stand between the sun and the earth, and for a couple of minutes, it will totally obscure a part of our country, from Domeyko, in Atacama, to Guanaqueros, in Coquimbo.”
In that vein, he insisted on the call to witness the phenomenon “safely. It is not healthy to look at the sun, with or without eclipse, without glasses. That is why I ask you: put on the protective glasses that we have distributed to you, distributed throughout Chile.”
Finally, he commented that “this is an eclipse season, because we’re not just going to have this today. Next year we will have one in the Region of La Araucanía. Chile is becoming the star and universe observation capital.”

Original source in Spanish