Bolsonaro provokes Chile again after summoning ambassador: 'I haven't stopped telling the truth'
A new provocation was made after the Chilean government summoned the Brazilian ambassador in Santiago to justify Jair Bolsonaro's attacks against President Gabriel Boric.
Reuters - President and reelection candidate Jair Bolsonaro (PL) stated this Tuesday that he did not fail to "tell the truth" when commenting on the Chilean government's decision to summon the Brazilian ambassador in Santiago after he made accusations against the Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, on Sunday night.
"The president of Chile has now started recalling his ambassador, a way for him to show his dissatisfaction with me. Whether I exaggerated or not, I didn't fail to speak the truth," he said.
"The Chilean Constituent Assembly goes against what any democratic country wants. Is that their problem? Yes, it is, but that citizen there had the support of a guy here in Brazil," he added, indirectly referring to the support that his opponent, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), gave to Boric.
Bolsonaro's statements were made at an event promoted by the National Union of Trade and Services Entities Institute (Unecs) in Brasília.
The day before, the Chilean government had summoned a representative from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry to provide clarifications. In diplomatic circles, this measure is a way for a government to express deep displeasure with an action by another country—in this case, with Bolsonaro's statements during a debate between presidential candidates, when he attempted to attack Lula.
"Lula also supported the president of Chile, the same one who was setting fire to subways in Chile. Where is our Chile headed?", said Bolsonaro, also criticizing the governments of Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia, during the debate held by the Band TV, TV Cultura, UOL and Folha de S.Paulo media consortium.
Originating from student politics, Boric participated in the 2011 protests for free higher education and was first elected to parliament in 2014. Despite supporting the demands of the 2019 protests, when the events cited by Bolsonaro occurred, the current president of Chile was not part of the movement, as the Brazilian president implied.
"They are absolutely false, and we regret that, in an electoral context, bilateral relations are being discussed through disinformation and fake news," said Chilean Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola.
During his reelection campaign, Bolsonaro has repeatedly criticized the left-wing governments in the region, often pointing to the economic problems of Venezuela and Argentina.
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