Politics
During the second debate held at the National Assembly (AN) to approve an amendment to the Constitution, Deputy Ismael García, for political pro-government Podemos party, said that many current Latin American presidents, who would not like to be termed counter-revolutionaries or CIA members, have outspokenly refused the possibility of endless reelection in their countries as they deem the proposal undemocratic.

In the case of Brazil, President Luis Inázio Lula Da Silva, said García, threatened to break with his party in the event of consolidating a proposal on reelection. "I do not accept it. Should the PP advocate a constitutional reform, I will break with my own party, because I do not believe in nonexpendable people, let alone indefinite reelection," García quoted Da Silva.

Chilean President Ricardo Lagos acted accordingly. Lagos, "who is not a CIA member either, led one of the toughest fights against Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship to make Chile become one of the most thriving countries in Latin America, despite having much fewer resources compared with ours."

Tabaré Vásquez, the president of Uruguay, is also against reelection, according to García. And the Ecuadorian head of state Rafael Correa, shortly before approving the Ecuadorian Constitution with more than 72 percent in the polls favoring him, said: "Today, deputies and mayors in Ecuador want indefinite reelection. This is senseless, because democracy means rotation."

Ocarina Espinoza
EL UNIVERSAL