Tribute was once paid to communist militants who fell in motion at Convention Boulevard in 1976. “The ones individuals who gave their lives to construct a democratic society and to construct their desires are nonetheless provide,” mentioned the mayor of Santiago, Irací Hassler.
Santiago. 5/5/2024. 48 years after the operation of a repressive workforce of the Nationwide Intelligence Directorate (DINA) that throughout the civil-military dictatorship brought about the demise of a number of leaders of the Communist Birthday party of Chile, this Saturday, Would possibly 4, the normal tribute “Martyrs of Convention Boulevard”, a chance wherein, as well as, a boulevard in Santiago was once renamed in honor of Elisa Escobar Cepeda, probably the most sufferers of that repressive motion.
Dozens of militants from the PC and the Communist Adolescence marched during the surrounding avenues till they reached Convention Boulevard, the place an match came about, with the presence of leaders of the neighborhood and relations of those that fell within the operation referred to as “mouse entice”, which It came about in that a part of town in Would possibly 1976.
The tribute was once attended by means of the communist deputies Boris Barrera and Daniela Serrano, president of the JJCC, the mayor of Santiago, Irací Hassler, the individuals of the Political Fee of the PC, Marcos Barraza and Juan Andrés Lagos, the counselor regional, María Eugenia Puelma, councilors Dafne Concha and Camila Davagnino.
“These days we discover ourselves in an overly vital commemoration as a result of we take into account those that fell within the saddest moments of our historical past, with a purpose to suppose otherwise and desire a democracy in our nation, however additionally it is a second of stumble upon that permits us to mention that we’re “the ones individuals who gave their lives to construct a democratic society and to construct their desires are provide and are nonetheless provide,” mentioned Irací Hassler.
The mayor mentioned she hopes that with the alternate of boulevard identify, “long run generations will be capable of know who Elisa Escobar was once, a combating, hard-working girl who had desires and convictions, and who’s provide in the community commune and capital of Santiago.”
In her speech throughout the rite, the metropolitan regional councilor, María Eugenia Puelma, maintained that the cause of paying this tribute annually is that, “even supposing it’s true that it’s reminiscence, historical past, this could also be a dedication to withstand and proceed combating. ”.
“That resistance, that dedication to combat interprets into each minute of our lives, as a result of being communists, the one factor we exist for is to combat and finish this neoliberal style,” added Puelma.
The councilor of Santiago, and communal political secretary of the Communist Birthday party, Dafne Concha, identified the relations of the sufferers of Convention Boulevard, “as a result of they’re those who’ve given us the braveness to combat.”
“Elisa Escobar could be 92 years outdated as of late and I want I can have been in this degree. She won’t do it bodily, however she is and will likely be within the voice of all people who, with sense of right and wrong, with dedication, elevate ahead her tale in quest of fact, justice and now not impunity,” mentioned the councilor.
The tribute rite additionally integrated the intervention of relations of the sufferers, the presentation of the artist Mauricio Redolés and the invention of the signage with the brand new identify of the road. The renaming of Elisa Escobar Road is a part of the Santiago Municipality’s program to acknowledge, 50 years after the coup d’état, other people connected to the commune who have been sufferers of the dictatorship or who stood out for his or her protection of democracy and human rights. The Calle Congreso operation was once orchestrated and carried out throughout the dictatorship and concerned the abduction, torture and disappearance of the leaders of the Communist Birthday party of Chile, Jorge Muñoz, Víctor Díaz, Elisa Escobar, Mario Zamorano, Jaime Donato and Uldarico Donaire, Fernando Ortíz, amongst others.
Pictures: PC Press.
2024-05-23 15:41:45
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