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The Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires was the epicenter of the massive demonstrations that took place this Friday in support of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after being the victim of a failed assassination attempt outside her private residence at night. from Thursday.
“Enough of hate”, that was the slogan of the hundreds of people who took to the streets of Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital, in a show of support for Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who on Thursday night was the victim of a failed assassination attempt.
Unions and political organizations marched accompanied by middle class workers without any affiliation, students and professionals. They all filled the Argentine streets after the Government declared a holiday throughout the country in a show of support.
“This march could have been different, no one takes the full dimension of what happened,” reflected Gustavo Capra, 66, who came with his wife and daughter questioned by “a moral obligation.”
During the day a reading of a document was made in which a call to coexistence was made. It took place in front of the Government headquarters, where ministers, political and union leaders participated.
“This mobilization shows that we are in disagreement with what is happening, that they have to stop with the hatred and the attacks,” said Mónica Sucoti, a 71-year-old psychopedagogue and teacher clinging to an Argentine flag.
international reaction
The event occurred in front of the vice president’s house in Buenos Aires, on the night of Friday, September 1, and just a few minutes after the event was known through a video that went viral on social networks, several Latin American leaders They showed their support for Fernández on their Twitter account.
The president of Cuba, Miguel-Díaz Canel, his counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, of Venezuela, the former president of Brazil, Luis ‘Inacio’ Lula Da Silva, and the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, were the first to react.
Political leaders from Argentina, US officials and Pope Francis, who is also Argentine, also spoke out.
“I think that all of us who are politicians have to be aware of the violence caused by those who do not know how to live democratically,” Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Authorities have arrested a 35-year-old Brazilian man, identified as Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel, but have not yet determined the motive for the attack, which left Fernández de Kirchner unharmed.
The failed assassination attempt shows the state of total polarization that the nation of the Southern Cone is experiencing, especially after the Prosecutor’s Office made a request for 12 years in prison for the former president for alleged corruption, which has led to clashes in recent weeks. between his supporters and detractors.
With AP and Reuters
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