Chilean Government Minister Alvaro Elizalde, and Minister of Women, Claudia Pascual, welcomed today the agreement made by Cuba and the United States to renew their relations, while requested the end of the blockade Washington has maintained on the island.
Elizalde, official spokesman of La Moneda Palace, told Prensa Latina that the administration of Michelle Bachelet has positively praised the approach announced some weeks ago between Havana and Washington.
We also seems that the U.S. economic blockade on Cuba has no justification and we have been very critical about it, he said.
Talking about the issue, the minister considered promising to establish spaces between governments and peoples, "to create better living spaces throughout America."
Claudia Pascual highlighted that in the purpose of integration and solidarity of Latin America and the Caribbean, the news that Cuba and the United States can hold normal ties make happy everyone.
The minister, responsible for the National Women's Service in Chile, told Prensa Latina that strengthening the idea that the region is an example of peace and stability to the world, Cuba's integration in all forums is essential.
She also lamented that the blockade on the Caribbean island is maintained, although she was optimist that the White House has achieved to end this measure.
Other Chilean figures have spoken in the same sense, such as Angela Jeria, mother of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who described today as positive the new stage in the ties between Cuba and the united States.