The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandezwill arrive in Chile on April 5 on the occasion of Chilean-Argentine Friendship Day, which celebrates the embrace between Jose de San Martin and Bernardo O’Higgins after the Battle of Maipú.
The visit was announced at the Ibero-American Summit and will take place in an atmosphere of tension. This, after the president’s statements regarding the treatment of the national justice system towards the former presidential candidate Marco Enriquez-Ominami in the judicial process that relates him to SQM.
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Previously, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonia Urrejolacriticized the Argentine ambassador, Rafael Bielsain an audio that was leaked in January and was one of the reasons that led to the departure of the then chancellor of the ministry.
The protocol trip, which is carried out every year since the celebration was established, aims to recover a kinder tone in the diplomatic relations of both countries after the three impasses in which Chile and Argentina exchanged statements: the incident involving the former minister, and the two corresponding to letters signed by Fernández.
In the first, the Argentine president criticized the judicial process of Enríquez Ominami. In the second, in a letter addressed to the Ecuadorian president William LassoFernández referred to the expulsion of the Ecuadorian ambassador in Argentina, Gabriel Fucks, who gave asylum to the former minister at his diplomatic headquarters Maria de los Angeles Duartefugitive from the justice of the aforementioned country on corruption charges
However, Fernández came out to clarify on more than one occasion that his criticism is directed at the Chilean justice system, which would have a negative disposition towards Ominami.
Likewise, at the summit held in Santo Domingo over the weekend, Fernández insisted that “I am not giving an opinion on the Chilean institutions, I am giving an opinion on the violated rights of a person in Chile. I have spoken with President Boric and I have clarified that It’s not a position against the government.” In addition, he pointed out that he values and appreciates his Chilean counterpart, and between the two “there are many points in common.”
