The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, said he was “dismayed” by the attack this Thursday on the vice president Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and showed her “solidarity” and “support” for politics and the country. The former president, General Raúl Castro, also sent a message of support
Díaz-Canel, assured from Twitter, that in his Government they felt “dismayed with the assassination attempt” of Fernández, at which a 35-year-old man pointed a pistol on Thursday night in the middle of the street.
Since #Cubashocked by the assassination attempt on @CFKArgentinawe transfer all our solidarity to the vice president, the government and the Argentine people.#AllWithCristina #ForceCristinahttps://t.co/n7n2b8CyMR
– Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) September 2, 2022
“We transfer all our solidarity to the vice president, the government and the Argentine people,” added Díaz-Canel.
The former president, General Raúl Castro, also sent a message of support to Fernández de Kirchner. “Dear Cristina: I convey all our solidarity and support to you in the face of the vile attack on your life, with the satisfaction that you have survived this reprehensible act,” he wrote, according to the official media on the Island today.
They try to assassinate Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández
For his part, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez underscored Cuba’s “support” “for her, for the (Argentine) government and for the people” of the South American country.
After 9:00 p.m., the Argentine Federal Police arrested an armed man who was a few meters from the vice president, at the doors of her apartment in the Recoleta neighborhood of the capital, surrounded by Kirchnerist militants. Local television media showed images in which he is seen when he tries to shoot the vice president.
The assassination attempt on the vice president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, deserves the repudiation and condemnation of the entire continent. My solidarity with her, the Government and the Argentine people. The path will always be the debate of ideas and dialogue, never weapons or violence.
— Gabriel Boric Font (@gabrielboric) September 2, 2022
The incident is part of a climate of strong political tension in Argentina, after a prosecutor on August 22 requested a 12-year prison sentence for Cristina Fernández. The petition was produced in the oral trial that the vice president faces for alleged irregularities in the award of public works during her government (2007-2015).
Political leaders in the region have shown their shock at this assassination attempt and, in addition to expressing their solidarity with Fernández de Kirchner, have repudiated the violence. Pope Francis also referred to the event this Friday in a personal telegram.
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