The decision of the Government of President Gabriel Boric about excluding Israeli companies from Fidae 2024 has caused friction between the ambassador of that country, Gil Artzyeli, and the Executive.
Faced with this new chapter between the diplomatic representative of Israel and the Government, the advisor of the Center for International Studies of the Catholic University, Pablo Carrera, He addressed with Mirna Schindler in Al Pan Pan what this episode means.
For Cabrera We must be cautious when looking at the statements both from the ambassador and from Chile and “look at the true meaning they have, which is whether or not to invite a country to an international fair.”
“I think it is the decision of the host country, unless there are contracts that have not been respected,” he said. However, he believes that the best thing Chancellor Van Klaveren should have done It was to analyze the controversy through the private channels of the chancellery than to appear in public opinion.
When asked if he believes that this Government has “anti-Semitic” overtones, as the Israeli ambassador has described, the former ambassador to the United Kingdom stated that he does not believe so, “I think they are political contingency actions, foreign policy guidelines. Each Government can change them.”
“What happens is here they confuse state policies with foreign policy guidelines. State policies are foreign relations and defense policies, they are not subject to political contingency,” added the international analyst.
Cabrera believes that the problem lies in the fact that “mixing the foreign policy of the State and the country’s relations with foreign policy actions taken by national diplomacy.”
Regarding whether it was a good decision to cancel the participation of Israeli companies in Fidae 2024, the former diplomat insists that “Things could have been done better”because “unfortunately, perception is one thing and reality is another.”
Crisis in Haiti: “It will make international aid vital”
This Tuesday it was reported that the Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, who is in Puerto Rico He resigned from his position after not being able to return to the Caribbean country product of the social and security crisis registered in recent weeks.
In this regard, Pablo Cabrera maintained that what is happening in Haiti is “a dramatic example, whichthat radiates a lot to the closest sectors and that also involves us, because I believe that here international aid and cooperation will be vital to prevent it from being a definitively failed state.”
Regarding the situation of Ariel Henry, he noted that “everything indicates that he was a thorn in the side of this revolt, because he was facing the gang situation by traveling to Kenya to hire a new police force to combat drug traffickers.”
However, he also specified that Henry’s government was temporary and that it should end in February; failing to do so unleashed the annoyance of the population. “If that has been the main cause, the groups must begin to abandon this hostile and violent attitudebut we do not know how much Haitian politics will be able to resolve this issue.”
Along these lines, he stated that a failed state not only produces social upheaval, but also very strong migration processes, and in Chile “we have families and thousands of Haitians who are already of Chilean condescension, so we can’t look the other way in this situationnot like Latin America.”
Likewise, he maintains that to face this situation it will be important to pay attention to what the agenda that calls foror only to Latin America, but also together with the United States, Canada, Europe and with all the countries of the world.