UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle eChile umemezele ukuthi izwe lilungiselela imicimbi emibili emikhulu yamazwe omhlaba ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, naphezu kwezinxushunxushu eziqhubekayo esezidlule nezimpilo zabantu okungenani abayi-18 kuze kube manje.
Izikhulu zaseChile ziyaqhubeka nokuzilungiselela Iforamu ye-Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) yango-2019 ozobanjwa ngenyanga ezayo, kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseChile uTeodoro Ribera.
"Siyaqhubeka nokuhlela i-APEC, naphezu kokuthi sithatha izinyathelo ezifanele zokulawula lokhu (izinxushunxushu) ukuze ingqungquthela ibe khona ngokwanele," esho.
URibera uthe inkonzo yakhe ngoMsombuluko ixhumane namanye amalungu angama-20 e-APEC, futhi "asikaze sithole, kunoma yimuphi wabo, izinguquko mayelana nokubamba iqhaza kwabaholi bawo."
I-APEC bloc "ibaluleke kakhulu eChile ngoba amaphesenti angu-70 okuthunyelwa kwethu kwamanye amazwe aqondiswe emazweni angaphansi kwe-Asia-Pacific (isifunda), futhi cishe abantu baseChile abayizigidi ezingu-7 basebenza ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile ukukhiqiza izimpahla zale minotho," esho.
Imibhikisho eqhubekayo iphikisana nezindleko eziphakeme zokuphila, futhi ukwanelisa izimfuno zababhikishi, “sidinga izwe liqhubeke nokukhula, liqhubeke nokuthumela kwamanye amazwe, liqhubeke nokuzimbandakanya ne-APEC,” usho kanje.
U-Ribera uthe izikhulu zaseChile ziphinde zisebenze ekuhleleni umhlangano obalulekile mayelana nokufudumala kwembulunga yonke, iseshini yama-25 yeNgqungquthela Yamaqembu (COP25) ku-United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, ehlelelwe uDisemba 2-13.
"Ukuzimisela kwethu ukusiza ukuvimbela ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu akuboshelwe kunoma iyiphi ingqungquthela eyodwa, kodwa kuyisinqumo sikahulumeni sokukwazi ukusebenzisa izindlela zokunciphisa ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu," kusho yena.
Imibhikisho isungulwe ngo-Okthoba 14 ngokunyuka kwemali yokugibela ehamba ngaphansi. Kuze kube manje, bangaphezu kuka-4,000 abantu asebeboshiwe.
Ngomhla ka-Okthoba 19, uMongameli wase-Chile u-Sebastian Pinera wamemezela isimo esiphuthumayo futhi wabeka ezweni eliningi umthetho wewashi osasebenza ezifundeni eziningi.
UMengameli usayine umthethosivivinywa ngoLwesine wokuchitha ukunyuswa kukagesi ngamaphesenti angu-9.2. Uphinde wathi kuleli sonto uzosayina umthethosivivinywa ngoLwesihlanu wokunyusa impesheni ngo-20% kubantu abacela ku-3 million.