Boric on the second round: “you know where our hearts are”
The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, visiting the US to attend the Summit of the Americas, has referred to the second round of the presidential elections in Colombia. “You know where our hearts are”, he answered when the Colombian press asked him in Los Angeles regarding his preferences. It was an undisguised nod to Gustavo Petro, the leftist leader with whom he has had numerous approaches. “Beyond my personal preferences and political affinities that you know, we have a duty to have a state relationship. We are going to respect the decision of the Colombian people”, clarified the president.
Boric’s affinity with the Historical Pact candidate has been public, to the point that Petro attended the Chilean’s inauguration on March 11, despite the fact that the event occurred on the eve of the legislative elections. Back then, the two even took the photo making a heart shape with their hands that accompanies this entry.
This Tuesday, Petro has explained its proposals in a charla with the director of EL PAÍS, Pepa Bueno, within the framework of the PRISA Thought Festival, in Cartagena. In the conversation, they have asked him if a victory for him in Colombia and for Lula in Brazil would create a new axis together with Boric. “Undoubtedly. A Latin America that values knowledge, culture and agriculture”, she replied.
His rival in the second round on June 19, Rodolfo Hernández, declined the invitation to attend the festival. The former mayor of Bucaramanga, 77, has refused to participate in any debate in the final stretch.
Petro has interspersed his numerous public square events in the long presidential campaign with an international agenda that has led him to also meet, in addition to Boric, with Pope Francis at the Holy See and in Madrid with Pedro Sánchez, the president of the Government of Spain. Hernández, for his part, announced for this week an unusual visit to South Florida where he will meet with leaders of the Colombian community and businessmen.
