In conversation with the communist mayor of Santiago, Lula receives tribute

The mayor of Santiago, Irací Hassler, met this morning with the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has been in Chile since Sunday to sign several bilateral agreements.

Lula met with the mayor for 30 minutes at the hotel where he is staying, the Ritz Carlton, in Las Condes. The conversation was in Portuguese, as Hassler is the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a Chilean father and was elected in 2021 by the Chilean Communist Party.

The Brazilian leader was awarded the Santiago Medal in recognition of his fight to lift people out of poverty and hunger and for public education. The Brazilian president gave her a shell-shaped bag made by artisans from Ceará.

After the meeting, the communist leader said: “We had an important meeting with President Lula, where we shared especially our vision on education, on the neighborhood care system in Santiago and also on the care policies he is promoting in Brazil, public security as a fundamental issue for our countries and for the city’s perspective.”

“It was a meeting where we shared common visions of strengthening public education, which is the education of all people and which implies the opportunity for the development of our countries,” he added. “We were also able to share the friendship between our countries and, without a doubt, also the affection for Brazil, a land that is especially close to me through my mother.”

Likewise, Hassler assured that “in all his terms, President Lula has had, and has especially highlighted this government, a focus on strengthening education and being able to lift people out of poverty, hunger and especially illiteracy. Therefore, it was a very valuable meeting that undoubtedly contributed to the development of our city and to the bond of friendship between Chile and Brazil.”

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🇧🇷🇨🇱 President Lula began the day by meeting with the mayor of Santiago, Irací Hassler, and received the Santiago Medal in recognition of his work in combating hunger and poverty and public education.

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Among the issues addressed by the local authority that will seek re-election in October were also the projects it intends to carry out and others that it completed during its term.

Also participating in the event were the municipal directors of Secplan, Felipe Esbir; of Education, Rodrigo Roco; of Security, Kevin Díaz; and the vice-director of Diversity, Rosario Olivares.