Antonio Flores talks about his relationship with presidential candidate Pekka Haavisto in an interview with the Ecuadorian newspaper Diario Expreso.
Presidential candidate Pekka Haaviston spouse Antonio Flores has given an extensive interview to an Ecuadorian newspaper For Diario Expreso. Flores himself was born in Ecuador.
In the interview, Flores talks about the couple’s first meeting and their move to Finland. He admits that adapting to his new home country was not easy because of the different language, culture, food and climate. In Finland, Flores was educated and studied many languages.
Pekka Haavisto and Antonio Flores have been in a registered relationship since 2002. Jenni Gästgivar
We spend time together in the theater and the opera. The cultural differences between Flores and Haavisto are still visible to some extent.
– He (Haavisto) likes skiing, I prefer to escape to the sun, Flores reveals to the magazine and says that he often visits Ecuador, whose capital, Quito, Flores owns an apartment.
Antonio Flores tells an Ecuadorian newspaper that the couple has considered having children. Jenni Gästgivar
Haavisto and Flores have a 20-year age difference. It has never caused any problems.
– I have learned a lot from him. There is a strong trust between us and there is no place for jealousy, Flores tells Diario Expreso.
In the interview, Flores is also asked if the couple has considered parenthood, through adoption or other means.
Flores admits that he has thought about it, but busy work and extensive traveling have made it difficult to start a family.
– In recent years, we have reconsidered the matter. However, it is not that easy, says Flores in an interview with Diario Expreso.
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Flores has talked about his dream of having children before. He said at the election fair organized by Ilta-Sanomi earlier in January that he had always dreamed of having a child.
– For the last ten years, I have thought about it a lot, Flores said at the time.
– I have decided that if my dream has not come true at the age of 50, then it can remain a dream, Flores said.
Flores turns 46 in July.
The time limit is not only set by Flores himself. In the sixth section of the Adoption Act, it is said that no one over 50 can adopt.
Pekka Haavisto and Antonio Flores have been together for 26 years. Photo from 2014. JENNI GUEST