This Tuesday, the elected president José Antonio Kast revealed the names that will fulfill the functions of ministers of State starting next March, where he stands out Francisco Undurraga, former Evopoli deputy, who had an important time at a Telethon center due to a physical disability.
In 1965, Undurraga was born without legs and one of his arms product of x-ray exposure while his mother was pregnant. And being a teenager, He told his life story in the 1980 Teletón campaignthree years after the start of the foundation.
Francisco Undurraga at the Telethon 1980
On the occasion, and at only 15 years old, Francisco Undurraga told the audience: “All people are cripples: some of us carry our defects on the outside, like we who show them, and others carry them more hidden.”.
When introduced by Don Francisco, he said that at the time of the interview he was days away from undergoing surgery again, after about 20 interventions in the operating room. In addition, he highlighted that, despite his disability, he was an outstanding athlete who practiced swimming and basketball, “with courage and skill.”
“Someday we will try to pay it back to society”he concluded, to the applause of those present and the words of Mario Kreutzberger.
After passing through the rehabilitation centers of the Teletón, the next Minister of Cultures He studied Television and Voiceover Direction as well as Advertising. He was a producer for Radio Chilena, an executive at Banco de Chile, marketing manager at Megavisión and production manager at La Red.
In 2018, He returned to Teletón as a deputy. “I want to thank you,” he called to Don Francisco, obviously moved. “Because you made us visible. You gave us the opportunity for people to know us, for people to stop thinking that we were sick, that we were poor, that we were children who had to be hidden. You took us out into the streets.”
