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The Brazilian president held a highly politicized speech in which he highlighted his fight against the “corruption” of his political opponents just a few weeks before the elections in which he will seek re-election and where the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be his biggest rival. . For his part, Chilean President Gabriel Boric mentioned his intention to seek “a meeting place” for Chileans when creating a new Constitution.
World leaders inaugurated the first day of speeches at the United Nations General Assembly at a particularly turbulent time on the international scene due to political and economic issues that affect a large majority of the nations of the planet.
The main issues to be discussed are the war in Ukraine, the inflationary crisis that affects a large majority of world economies and the great uncertainty generated by the growing problem of climate change. General problems to which more regional issues are added.
Here is a review of the most outstanding speeches on this September 20, 2022:
- Bolsonaro criticizes the Brazilian left less than two weeks before the elections
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was in charge of opening the speeches of global leaders before the United Nations General Assembly. And he did it with a politicized speech at the gates of the presidential elections that will be held in this South American nation on October 2.
The president launched several criticisms against the management carried out by the left during the period in which he was in power in Brazil, assuring that his government has been in charge during these four years of fighting against “systematic corruption.” An indirect attack against his closest rival, the candidate and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is first in all the polls and threatens to prevent Bolsonaro’s re-election.
Without mentioning the leftist leader directly, he asserted that the person “responsible” for the country’s corruption “was convicted of it.” And he affirmed that the current Brazil is very different from the one they left.
His speech has focused on defending the “traditional values” of the family, the rejection of feminism or abortion and the defense of religion. Aspects that are a clear call to his potential electorate in the face of the elections.
A speech where the national context has prevailed over the international, since it has only made reference to the war situation that Ukraine is experiencing, asking for an immediate “ceasefire” from both parties.
However, the Brazilian president showed a different position from the one defended during these months by Western nations when criticizing the sanctions against Russia. According to Bolsonaro, this method only worsens the global crisis and makes it easier for some countries to seek ways to obtain energy sources in a “dirty” way. For the far-right leader, dialogue in this conflict is the only solution.
Boric promises to find “the correct formula” to create a new Constitution in Chile
The Chilean president faced his first appearance before the UN General Assembly by reviewing in depth the political situation that his country has been going through for years. Boric acknowledged defeat in the constitutional plebiscite on September 4 and assured that, although he supported that proposal, Chile must find a formula that agrees with a large majority of Chileans.
The president of this South American country assured that this rejection “is not a defeat” for his government, but he affirmed that he had his eyes wide open before the message sent by the Chilean people. A town “that wants changes, but that does not want to lose what it has already won”.
In this sense, Boric made an exercise of self-criticism by ensuring that “collecting frustrations and discomfort is easier than creating solutions”. The Chilean president recalled the reasons why his country has come to this constituent process in which it is trying to bring about change due to the deep inequalities that exist in his nation due to the “unequal” policies of wealth distribution that have been implemented. given in recent decades.
In other aspects, the Chilean leader has made reference to the risk that his country suffers from climate change and the challenges that the world and democracies face in the face of this great global problem. A problem for which he blamed the large industrialized countries.
With EFE, Reuters and local media
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