Former presidents Frei and Bachelet stand honor guard at Escalona’s wake
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- Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle and Michelle Bachelet joined honor guards at the wake of former senator Camilo Escalona.
- Escalona died on Friday, September 4, after complications from aggressive cancer.
- He was recognized as a key architect of center-left unity during the Concertación era and as a loyal supporter of subsequent center-left governments.
Former presidents Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle and Michelle Bachelet took part in the rotating honor guards at the wake of veteran Socialist leader Camilo Escalona.
Escalona died on Friday, September 4, after complications from an aggressive cancer. The former senator, who also presided over Chile’s upper house, was recognized as one of the architects of center-left unity during the Concertación years.
He was also a loyal supporter of the governments that followed that coalition, including Bachelet’s second administration under the Nueva Mayoría and the bloc that later brought Gabriel Boric to the presidency.
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