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Jaime Guzmán Foundation: “Camilo Escalona Recalls the Best of the Concertación”

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

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  • Chilean political commentator Claudio Arqueros paid tribute to former Socialist leader Camilo Escalona, who died at 71 from prostate cancer.
  • Arqueros recalled Escalona’s roots in San Miguel and said his political career represented the best of the Concertación.

Camilo Escalona’s death prompted an unusual tribute from a political figure associated with the Chilean right. Claudio Arqueros, the director of training at the Jaime Guzmán Foundation, said on Cooperativa’s El Primer Café that “Camilo Escalona recalls the best of the Concertación.”

Camilo Escalona recalls the best of the Concertación.

· Claudio ArquerosThe director of training at the Jaime Guzmán Foundation praised the late Socialist leader during Cooperativa’s El Primer Café.

The program opened with broad recognition of the historic Socialist leader, who died on Friday at the age of 71 from prostate cancer. Arqueros spoke personally about their shared connection to San Miguel, where he said he had lived since birth and where Escalona had also lived.

I have lived in San Miguel since I was born, and Camilo Escalona lived in San Miguel too.

· Claudio ArquerosArqueros described his personal connection to Escalona and their shared neighborhood.

He recalled reports describing Escalona’s childhood surroundings and his mother’s reaction when the family eventually acquired a home after years in a tenement in La Cisterna. Arqueros said Escalona had been a neighbor and someone he watched on television as a child.

He was a neighbor, a person I watched on television when I was a child.

· Claudio ArquerosArqueros reflected on Escalona’s local roots and public career.

Reflecting on Escalona’s political career, Arqueros said the former leader represented the best of the Concertación. He also said, “The transition was not so bad as...” The supplied account ends before the thought is completed.

The transition was not so bad as...

· Claudio ArquerosArqueros began a further comment about Chile’s political transition, but the supplied text ends mid-sentence.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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