Brazil: Argentine ambassadors repudiated “anti-democratic acts of the right”

A group of Argentine ambassadors today repudiated in a statement the attempted coup d’état in Brazil and described these acts as “anti-democratic and insurrectionary of the ultra-radical right taking over the institutional spaces of the three powers of the Brazilian State”, at the same time that they expressed their “solidarity and support for the people” of the neighboring country. In a joint statement, the diplomats said that “as citizens committed to democratic life we must be attentive to these attempts not to respect the popular will and we must reinforce our commitment to democracy,” adding that “the reactionary coup will not succeed in Latin America, Argentina is attentive.” The document was signed jointly by diplomats: Daniel Scioli (Brazil), Ariel Basteiro (Bolivia), Rafael Bielsa (Chile), Daniel Capitanich (Nicaragua), Roberto M. Carlés (Italy), Gustavo Dzugala (Colombia), Gabriel Fuks (Ecuador), Luis Ilarregui (Cuba), Alberto Iribarne (Uruguay), Oscar Laborde (Venezuela), Marcela Losardo (Unesco), Hernán Patiño Mayer (Hungary) and the president of the Argentine Agency for International Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance-White Helmets (Aciah). Sabina Frederic.Ambassadors Juan Núñez (Mozambique), Domingo Peppo (Paraguay), Carlos Raimundi (OAS), María Fernanda Silva (Holy See), María del Carmen Squeff (United Nations), Carlos Tomada (Mexico), Enrique Vaca Narvaja (Peru), Sabino Vaca Narvaja (China), Pablo Vilas (Honduras) and Eduardo Zuain (Russia) also joined the letter.” We express our solidarity and support to the Brazilian people who democratically expressed themselves in the last elections for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president of the Federative Republic of Brazil,” they added. Finally, they assured that “the people expressed themselves in the last elections and together with Lula will respond” while “the reactionary coup will not succeed in Latin America.” Argentina is attentive,” concluded the 23 Argentine diplomats in the official statement they signed jointly in repudiation of the attempted coup d’état last Sunday in Brazil by a group of Bolsonariata fans who attacked the buildings of the three powers of the neighboring country. This morning the police evicted Bolsonaro supporters who remained gathered in front of the army headquarters by order of the Supreme Court. So far, 1,200 arrests have been recorded. Meanwhile, the Argentine ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli today described as “acts of vandalism, coup plotters and terrorists” the episodes of violence that were experienced in that country, while noting that he trusts “in the temperance, strength and experience” of President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva to “overcome this dramatic fact.” Let’s think for a moment about the gravity of what happened, a week after Lula took office on the podium of Parliament where he gave his first message. They entered the offices with unusual violence, destroyed historical heritage,” he reflected on the attacks perpetrated in Brasilia.In addition, Scioli said that “works of art, work material, computers, everything was turned upside down,” but stressed that “the only office they could not enter was that of Lula himself,” for his special security. “The most serious thing that is being identified is the theft of weapons and ammunition,” Scioli added the diplomat in a dialogue with Telam radio. And he also valued that “there was an institutional response from all areas repudiating that action,” including “governors related” to former President Jair Bolsonaro. Today we have better expectations from what was an unfortunate day yesterday with actions that generated stupor, international repudiation, “said Scioli.Lula and the heads of Congress and the Supreme Court of Brazil condemned today, in a joint statement, “the terrorist acts” that occurred on Sunday in Brasilia, when thousands of Bolsonarist militants stormed the headquarters of public powers.

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