On the encounter, Lula considered it an honor to be at the launching of the cornerstone of what will be the future National Space Center (CEN), to be built in the Cerrillos district of the Chilean capital.

Brazilian president said that this sector is today more strategic than ever for the development of a nation, because there is no area that does not demand its infrastructure, such as communications, energy generation, navigation, and even the fight against climate change.

However, this is an area where there is the greatest inequality among countries, Lula underscored adding that cooperation among the nations of the South has the potential to reverse this disadvantage.

“I am sure that this center will be paramount for economic, scientific and technological breakthrough and our cooperation will take us very far,” he granted.

Meanwhile, the Chilean president explained that the CEN, which will be operational in the second half of next year, will allow cooperation for peaceful purposes.

There, they will assemble satellites that will improve connectivity in some villages where until nowadays having internet is unimaginable, Boric recalled.

Boric pointed out that Chile, Brazil and Latin America in general are territories where the climate crisis is undoubtedly expressed in a very violent way, with gusts, floods, droughts and wildfires.

The National Space Center will have 5,800 square meters and will have an investment of US$19 million in infrastructure and US$15 million in equipment.

With Lula’s participation in the signing ceremony of the memorandum of cooperation in space matters, the Brazilian president concluded a two-day state visit to Chile, where around twenty agreements in security, agriculture, health, science, technology, among others, have been signed as well.

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