Mujica called for world politicians’ ethical and moral attitude “- Radio Monte Carlo CX20 AM930

(Barcelona / Public Journal) Monte Carlo – MDS

José Mujica participated in Sunday afternoon a conference organized by Casa America Casinet Hostafrancs in Barcelona, ​​attended by hundreds of people, overflowing the expectations of the organizers, which caused a small uproar that resolved after deciding not to close the doors of the premises.

For an hour, the former president, who was accompanied by his wife Luica Topolanski, has urged us to reflect on the challenges of the world today and the need for them to cope so coordinated by all governments.

Among them, he highlighted the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger and the extension of the right to education and health, in addition to environmental protection.

After reporting that have worsened them “pressing” problems of the 70s, it underlined that have joined other concerns as “conspicuous consumption” that threatens the resources “finite” and the planet ” aggression to the environment. ”

The answer to these problems is in the “commitment” from the political and citizens, he said, accusing of being responsible for this situation to globalization, “which has as the only engine selfishness and accumulation bank. ”

In this line, which has become a benchmark of social movements in many countries, he said “our world has no direction and only that there is economic interest.” “What does not There is a political decision. ”

After noting that “the market is boss and generates consumer culture” and that “the production system is imprisoned in boxes of banks, which is really the pinnacle of power,” opted to “get their hands into the pockets of those who concentrate wealth to help others, to stabilize the world’s demand to build houses and schools, and that people living across the Mediterranean can not play.”

At this point, has called all and especially to the young, to be fitted in pessimism and “commitment” to push the change because “humanity is not divided by race or sex or creeds, but between those who are committed and no. ”

“They have caused perhaps irrevocable damage, but also never before has humanity had so much capital, many scientific and technical resources. Never man was once so strong and had such a power,” he assured Mujica , who just turned 80 years.

The former revolutionary leader and then President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015, said that “the only defeated are those who go down arms and not fight. This is not a valley of tears, it all depends on we “.

In this line, you wanted to transfer a message of optimism saying that “can and must”, but admitted that “nothing falls from the sky overnight.”

Before delivering the lecture, Mujica met for a short time in the Casinet of Hostafranc with representatives of some of the Catalan political forces as CKD (Alfred Bosch), CUP (David Fernandez) CDC (Josep Rull) and PSC (Miquel Iceta).

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