La, at the age of 100 in his home in Georgia, where he was receiving palliative care and from which he had fulfilled one of his last wishes: , has provoked a wave of reactions among the main leaders of the planet, who have lamented the death in addition to thanking him for his work in the White House and as an expert in crisis resolution.
US President Joe Biden has expressed his sadness at the death of the former US president: “The United States and the world have lost an extraordinary leader, a statesman and a humanitarian activist. For more than six decades we have had the honor of calling to Jimmy Carter as a friend. But the extraordinary thing about Jimmy Carter is that millions of people in the US and around the world who have not met him also believe that he is a friend,” he indicated in a statement from the White House signed by Joe and Jill Biden in which they also highlight her “compassion and moral clarity” that “made him work to eradicate disease, forge peace, promote civil rights and human rights, promote free and fair elections, shelter the homeless and always defend minorities.”
To Michelle y Barack Obama, Carter “taught us all what it means to live a life of excellence, dignity, justice and service. Michelle and I dedicate our prayers and thoughts to the Carter family and to all those who loved and learned from this extraordinary man,” they highlighted. They have also spoken Bill y Hillary Clintonwho have highlighted his “long and good life (…) guided by his faith, in which President Carter lived to serve others until the end.”
US Vice President Kamala Harris has also highlighted the work in the Carter White House, as well as in the military and the government of Georgia. “Jimmy Carter’s life is a testament to the power of service: as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, the 76th governor of Georgia, and the 39th president of the United States. He reminded our nation and the world that there is strength in decency and compassion,” said Harris, who has stressed that, as president, Jimmy Carter “protected our air and water, promoted transparency in government and negotiated a historic peace treaty between Egypt and Israel at Camp David (USA). .US)”.
Donald Trump expresses his gratitude
The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, has also been one of the first to react to the death of Jimmy Carter. In a message on the social network he owns, Truth Socialthe Republican magnate has lamented the death of the former president and has thanked his efforts to improve life in “the greatest nation in history.”
“I just heard the news of the death of President Jimmy Carter (…). He faced a key moment for our country and did everything he could to improve the lives of all Americans. For this we all owe a debt of gratitude “, he noted in the message published in Truth Social. “Those of us who have been lucky enough to have been presidents understand that this is a very exclusive club and that only we can understand the enormous responsibility of leading the greatest nation in history,” the Republican added in a message in which , on behalf of Melania Trump, sends its condolences to the Carter family.
Brazil, Panama and Venezuela
For his part, the president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, has exalted the political legacy and defined him as “a lover of democracy, defender of peace and human rights”, who “at the end of the 70s pressured the Brazilian dictatorship for the release of political prisoners,” he recalled in reference to the military regime that ruled Brazil between 1964 and 1985. According to the president, “Carter achieved the feat of having a job as former president during decades that was as important or more important than his tenure in the White House.
The Panamanian Government gave this Sunday “its deepest condolences to the people of the United States” for the death of former US President Jimmy Carter while thanking the “leadership”, considered “crucial”, of the former president in the signing of the treaties that they delivered.
“I offer my condolences to the family and the people and Government of the United States for the death of Former President Jimmy Carter. His time in the White House marked complex times, which for Panama were crucial to negotiate and agree on the Torrijos Treaties. Carter in 1977, with which the transfer of the Canal to Panamanian hands and the full sovereignty of our country was achieved. Peace to his soul,” wrote the president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, in X.
In a statement, the Venezuelan Government expressed its “most sincere condolences” with the family and friends of Carter, who had “ties of friendship with Presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.” “His vision and commitment to democracy in sensitive moments for Venezuela contributed to dismantling the destabilizing attempts and intolerance of the extreme right and the coup, which is why Venezuela will remember him with gratitude,” he says.
Furthermore, he noted that, at “a time when the world is facing a crisis of global leadership, the memory of Jimmy Carter must serve as a reminder that the values of peace, democracy, free self-determination of peoples and justice must always prevail.” “. “His contributions to global politics and his dedication to peace have left an indelible mark on the world,” added the Maduro Administration.
The death of former President Jimmy Carter, who had been in palliative care since 2023, has immediately generated reactions from figures from various sectors and from different parts of the world. The emblematic Empire State Building in New York, for example, has been illuminated with the red, white and blue colors of the US flag, in memory of the former president who died this Sunday at the age of 100.
