In a statement by the regional legislature, to which Prensa Latina had access, it is pointed out that hate speech and practices dent the basis of democracy as a political system and form of expression in the public order of citizens.
It also condemns the fact that distorts the functioning of institutions and their relationship with civil society.
Parlatino, headed by Argentine senator Silvia Giacoppo, considered it unacceptable to attack the elected democratic authorities who express the popular will.
On September 1, around 9:00 p.m. local time, an individual identified as Fernando Sabag, 35, of Brazilian nationality, pointed to the head of the also head of the Senate when she was greeting people who were near her. his home in the Recoleta neighborhood of the capital to express his support.
After what happened, numerous groups, presidents, leaders and human rights defenders expressed their support for the deputy president and the Argentine people, including Pope Francis and the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres.
The heads of state Miguel Díaz-Canel (Cuba), Luis Arce (Bolivia), Gustavo Petro (Colombia), Pedro Castillo (Peru), Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico) and Gabriel Boric also expressed their support. (Chili).
In addition, messages were sent by the executive secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty, Sacha Llorenti, the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, and former presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff (Brazil ), Rafael Correa (Ecuador) and Evo Morales (Bolivia), among others.
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