Pedro Sánchez Summit offers Argentina to make Spain its "gateway" to the European Union
Coinciding with the visit of the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, Argentine President
Alberto Fernández
affirmed this Wednesday that Mexicans come from indigenous people, Brazilians from the jungle and Argentines from Europe, statements for which he ended up apologizing.
"I am a Europeanist. I am someone who believes in Europe. Because from Europe, Octavio Paz once wrote, that
the Mexicans came out of the Indians, the Brazilians came out of the jungle, but we Argentines came from the ships
, and they were ships that They came from there, from Europe. And that's how we build our society, "Fernández said in a meeting with Sánchez before businessmen at the Casa Rosada, seat of the presidency.
A few hours later, Fernández
apologized on Twitter
: "In the first half of the 20th century, we received more than 5 million immigrants who lived with our native peoples. Our diversity is a source of pride."
"I did not want to offend anyone, in any case, who has felt offended or invisible, since now my apologies," the president wrote on the social network.
By then, the video with the statements went viral and
reactions began to emerge in Brazil
.
After reading Fernández's statements, "I understand better why after World War II Nazi war criminals hid in Argentina," Brazilian senator
Ciro Nogueira
replied on Twitter
.
A phrase from Litto Nebbia
Opposition deputy Francisco Sánchez, from the Republican Proposal party, recalled in a message that what
Octavio Paz
said is that "Mexicans descend from the Aztecs, Peruvians from the Incas and Argentines from ships," and said that what was expressed by Alberto Fernández is "irreproducible".
The musician
Litto Nebbia
, one of the greatest legends of Argentine rock, of whom Fernández considers himself an admirer and friend, has a song called
"We arrived from the boats"
, in which he sings the following: "The Brazilians come out of the jungle, the Mexicans come from the Indians, but we Argentines come from the ships. "
"Poor Octavio Paz. He is not to blame," wrote
Pablo Avelluto
, who was Minister of Culture of the Government of Mauricio Macri (2015-2019).
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