Eduardo Valdés: "What complicated the relationship between Alberto and Bolsonaro was the visit to Lula"

The former Argentine ambassador to the Holy See Eduardo Valdés gave an interview to Jorge Fontevecchia in the cycle Pure journalism, which is issued by NET TV On Sunday at 11 pm, when he analyzed the general political situation, he referred to Kirchnerism in particular, his personal relations with Pope Francis as well as certain issues on the international agenda, such as the case of Venezuela, the foreign policy of the States. United and the administration of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil.

On this last point in particular, part of the conversation with Fontevecchia focused on the tense, ideological and public confrontation that the Brazilian president has with Alberto Fernández, candidate of the Front de Todos and a favorite to win the elections of 27 October. On this point, Valdés emphasized in his speech his deep conviction that "men can always speak, no matter how opposed", recalled Nestor Kirchner's relationship with Bush and confessed that the confrontation between Bolsonaro and Fernandez "It was complicated by Alberto's visit to Lula in prison."

"Still, I think it was good to do it" said Valdes from this trip from Alberto to Brazil to see the former president, meeting that the former ambassador to the Vatican traced among the derivatives of the academic work that the candidate of the Front of all led as a specialist of the law.

Fontevecchia consulted Valdés on the possibility of Bolsonaro "Take out Argentina from Mercosur" as a result of a possible Fernández-Fernández government, but Valdés, although he acknowledged that "it can happen", he believed that "I think it will be wise."

It was at this point that Valdés again emphasized his hope that relations between Bolsonaro and Alberto would be better "It's enough with personal relationships, my friends tell me that a top Bolsonaro manager wants to talk to Alberto Fernández, I've sent this information, I'm sure everything is not written."he stressed.

Lula prison: "Brazil is ruled by a gang of madmen"

Still around the judicial situation of Lula Da Silva, Valdes explained that "There is an international community that thinks that Lula Prison is unfair, and Alberto, as an international political leader, worked and wrote on the bill. (N of R: the so-called legal war, the alleged abuse of lawsuits against former officials). He did so as part of his research as a professor of criminal law. A job that I had developed with Celso Amorim, who was Foreign Minister of the Workers' Party, and with Carlos Ominami, who was president of the Chilean Socialist Party, father of Marco Enrique, who has a very specific thought on the subject.

"Alberto went to Brazil as a candidate, there were no elections yet. What he did is mark an idea of ​​international relations. First, he goes to see Pepe Mujica in Montevideo. I accompanied him on this trip, during which we also saw Daniel Martínez, Front presidential candidate. Then he made the decision to go to Lula. He was also with Evo. But he saw it after STEP. Last week, he met Pepe again, " Express.

Read the full interview of Eduardo Valdés by clicking on this link.

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