Chile and Colombia request an OAS meeting in the face of protests against the Brazilian government

The president of Chile, Gabriel Boricconvened on Monday an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) to address unrest in Brazil, where supporters of right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro They attacked the headquarters of public institutions.

In statements with the president of Colombia, Gustavo PetroDuring a visit to Santiago, Boric said that “these actions are unacceptable, the complicit silences are also unacceptable, and they cannot be relativized or ignored.”

“This situation is worrisome for our countries. Our region must have a clear position on the matter,” added the president, explaining that the objective of the regional meeting is for the rest of the bloc’s countries to rule on the matter.

Petro and Boric, both leftist presidents who took office last year, reaffirmed their support for the president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawho took office on January 1 after defeating Bolsonaro in the elections.

The Colombian president, a former rebel and Colombia’s first leftist president, compared the attack to Chile’s 1973 military coup against the socialist Salvador Allende.

“Today they would like to go back to the days of Allende, today they would like to bomb those illusions again,” said Petro, assuring that there is a historic resistance to leftist governments in the region.

“We have just seen it in Brazil, but not only in Brazil,” Petro said. “It is time to say that what happened 50 years ago in this same place is not going to happen again.”

Both leaders also discussed cooperation on aerospace technology, immigration and renewable energy, with a focus on green hydrogen.

Boric and Petro also requested that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issue an opinion on the obligation of States in terms of fundamental rights against the climate change.