Gabriel Boric begins his government together with native peoples of Chile

The new president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, began this Saturday his first day in office attending a ceremony together with native peoples in the presidential palace of La Monedabefore attending a mass in the Cathedral of Santiago.

Boric and the first lady, Irina Karamanos, received the petitions one by one and good wishes from seven native peoples of Chile represented, sitting in the center of a circle to carry out the act, which was private in one of the courtyards of the Executive headquarters.

“Generating intercultural work and a new relationship between the Government and the native peoples is vital for the construction of a just and dignified Chile”the president posted on Twitter along with photos of the ceremony.

“These are very relevant gestures and our government does it with great humility,” Interior Minister Izkia Siches told the press about the ecumenical prayer, which was attended by representatives of the Yagán, Lican Antai, Mapuche Pewenche, and Rapa Nui peoples. , Mapuche Lafkenche, Diaguita and Mapuche füta warria.

In a statement, the Presidency stressed that “The multicultural ceremony is part of a new conception of the territory as a multinational one, where respect, dialogue and participation will be highlighted.”

“The aim is to begin through a ceremony in which the various indigenous peoples, through wise men, wise men, representatives and ancestral authorities, direct and deliver greetings, messages, prayers and congratulations through words and/or symbolic elements, to the president as a vehicle of a new beginning,” he added.

At the end of the ceremony and taking the protocol photo with ministers and deputy ministers, the president went to the Cathedral of Santiago to attend together with the members of his cabinet, made up of fourteen women and ten men, to witness a Catholic ceremony of “prayer for Chile”. (I)