Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva He went to his buddy and former president of Uruguay José “Pepe” Mujica on Thursday, who died on Tuesday on the age of 89 after affected by esophagus. The Brazilian president was visibly excited in opposition to the coffin through which the stays of Mujica and greeted a kiss on the brow of Lucía TopolanskyFormer Uruguayaner and widow from Pepe.
Lula was recorded by Yamandú Orsi, the present head of the state of Uruguaya, on the steps of the Legislative Palace Montevideo. He took the misplaced steps together with his spouse Rosângela da Silva.
The President of Brazil didn’t arrive alone: he was accompanied by an enormous delegation whose earnings was compelled to interrupt the entry of the Uruguayan residents who approached for a day and a half to dismiss his ex president.
Earlier than he approached the coffin, Lula Lucia Topolansky, the spouse of Mujica and former Uruguayan president. Apart from that, He kissed him on his browA gesture he had already had together with his late buddy when he noticed him for the final time on March 1 of this yr.
The Brazilian president then stopped in entrance of the stays of Mujica, the place he stayed silent for a number of seconds.
Lula then retained a dialogue with the Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who arrived in entrance of him and is the one different head of state who traveled to Montevideo to say goodbye to Pepe.
Earlier than he retired and after sustaining an in depth dialogue with Topolansky, the Brazilian chief approached the coffin once more. With moistened eyesHe defined Orsi one final phrases earlier than he retired from the room.
“This braveness, simplicity and love that marks their lives assist us to observe the best way he selected: the combat for a fairer world,” wrote Lula in his social networks. He added: “And that consolation reaches the hearts of his beloved Lucía Topolansky and his buddy and now President of Uruguay Yamandú Orsi.”
In an official word that was revealed shortly after the loss of life of Mujica, the Brazilian chief emphasised his “human measurement”, which mentioned “exceeded the borders of Uruguay and his mandate of the president”.
“The knowledge of his phrases turned a real tune of unity and fraternity for Latin America,” he mentioned.
Throughout a visit to Montevideo final December, the Brazilian President Mujica visited Mujica in La Chacra (Little Farm), through which he lived, and gave him the nationwide order of Cruzeiro do Sul, the best award that Brazil granted to international residents.
In an emotional encounter, he described Mujica because the “most extraordinary individual” among the many presidents with whom he lived.
The friendship between the 2 exceeded political affinities and prolonged for years.
It’s anticipated that the funeral culminates at four:30 p.m. after which caught. In life, Mujica had requested her stays to relaxation on her farm on the outskirts of Montevideo subsequent to her three alloyed canine. Earlier than the cremation, the singer Mario Carrero will sing within the Esplanade of the legislative palace “Don José”, whom the poet Rubén Lena dedicated to the hero José Artigas.