Greatest Chilean~

Hello everyone!. There’s a lot of Chileans that I admire, like Juan Carlos Bodoque or Alberto Hurtado, but today I’m going to talk about one that I have heard about since I was a child, because my mom admires him a lot, and now in university we are studying his life and deeds in detail. I’m talking about Clotario Blest.

He was the father of syndicalism and worker’s organization. I think that Clotario’s deeds are important because he was conscious that being organized was the best way to confront the employers and to fight for what workers want to obtain. I think he was a personification of consistency and commitment with his cause, to build a better country, more fair to everyone. He lived his commitment with his cause every day of his life. He was a pacifist, admirer of Mahatma Gandhi, and he achieves to combine the ideas of social fighting with his catholic faith. Was a critic of political parties, being a defender of the political and social movements.

He defends the idea of “direct act”, which is understood as the resolution of troubles for the people, without waiting that the government does that, or forcing the government to respond. He also takes part in other political activities, like the defense of Human Rights during the dictatorship in Chile.

If I could ask anything to Clotario, it would be something like “¿What we have to do to change this situation?” or “¿How we have to organize ourselves? I think he was some of those persons that came only a few times in history to do great things, and are full of   knowledge. As I said before, I have heard about Clotario since I was a child, because my mom admires him a lot, and now I know more about him and I admire him too.
I also think that my mom is one of the greatest Chileans of all time. Bye!! :D