He said he wished for more equality in the future, and for strong countries like the US not to meddle in other nations' affairs.
"This idea of the Americans to be a beacon for the world and not let anyone else compete economically is wrong. Americans must know that we do not want a sheriff or a tutor, we want a partner. We want brothers and sisters. We want all countries to be fraternal, to develop partnerships. Brazil has to be a sovereign country as well as Russia, China, and the US."Lula led Brazil between 2003 and 2010 and was part of the so-called 'pink tide' in Latin America. The continent, which Washington traditionally considers to be its backyard, went through a resurgence of left-wing forces at the time. Lula prides his government on massive reforms to eradicate poverty and otherwise lift up the have-nots, but also on strengthening Brazil's ties with other nations of the world.
"We proved that Brazil could have sovereignty and international protagonism, and that this could be reached without having to ask the US. We do not need to ask permission from the US to be the owners of our own backyard. The problem is that Brazil has a ruling class, an elite, that is subservient. They cannot do anything without asking permission from the US."He described how in 2002, before his inauguration, he was invited to the White House by US President George W. Bush, who was whipping up international support for the planned NATO-led invasion of Iraq. Lula recalled:
"I told President Bush that I did not know Saddam Hussein, that Iraq was 12,000 kilometers away from my country, that Iraq had never done anything against Brazil, and that my war was not against Iraq, but against hunger in my country."Brazil experienced a political whiplash in 2018 with the election of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. Lula was barred from running against him due to a criminal sentence, but may challenge Bolsonaro's power in 2022, since Brazil's Supreme Court has since nullified his conviction.
Bolsonaro's leadership has been disastrous for Brazil, "almost genocidal" due to the death toll and damage inflicted on it by Covid-19, Lula believes. He says the incumbent president
"does not take into account the need for humanizing the government... He did not define the protocols, he did not gather the scientists or the state governors, he did not make the decisions that any democratic government that is concerned about the people would have made."Part of the problem was the Bolsonaro government's politically motivated decisions to reject and vilify vaccines against Covid-19 produced in China and Russia, Lula explained. Public health policy must not be based on ideology, he said.
"Brazil, if it can, must buy the American vaccine, the Russian vaccine, as well as the Chinese, Cuban, or any vaccines with scientifically proven quality, Brazil must buy."Lula declined to confirm that he would run for president next year, but said that Bolsonaro's grip on power was diminishing as his public support dwindled. "I am sure that democracy will win the elections in 2022," he predicted.
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Flashback Best of the Web: Bolsonaro tells Brazilians that pandemic claims are 'exaggerated' and to stop being 'sissies'
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has said the severity of the coronavirus pandemic is exaggerated, urging his compatriots to stop being "sissies" in the face of Covid-19 and pointing out that...[Link] scroll down to find:
A member of the Brazilian government broke into a campaign hospital, set up to treat large numbers of Covid patients. He and his security team weren't allowed to enter the hospital, but forced their way into it. They filmed everything and revealed how the hospital is a scam, with hardly anybody present. There were coffins that supposedly contained dead covid patients, but when opened they turned out to be empty.
This hospital was however touting alarming Covid numbers: 5,000 covid-patients and 200 deaths. It turned out to be 100% fraud. (12B)
In São Paulo, the Anhembi Action Hospital was also unexpectedly checked. The whole building turned out to be largely empty as well (see picture above).
Yet they also spread dramatic covid numbers.
The Brazilian president has called on his people to film the hospitals and expose this large-scale deception. In an interview he stated:
The people will soon see that they were tricked by these governors and by most of the media when it comes to the coronavirus.'Jair Bolsonaro, President of brazil
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Also, not sure if this guy was appointed by Bolsonaro, but:
Brazil Slams WEF’s Great Reset: ‘Totalitarian Social Control Is Not The Remedy For Any Crisis’
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Brazil’s top leadership understands the threat of Technocracy and rejects the World Economic Forum’s intended Great Reset. As a result, its Administration is fighting attack hornets from all sides who are trying to drive them out of power. ⁃ TN Editor
Brazil’s minister of foreign affairs says “no” to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) proposed “great reset” agenda, telling the United Nations (UN) special session on COVID-19 that “totalitarian social control is not the remedy for any crisis.”
“Brazil is a founding member of the UN, and hence, is committed to its basic principles: peace and security, cooperation among nations, respect for human rights, and fundamental freedoms,” Araujo told the UN.
“COVID-19 must not be taken as a pretext to advance agendas that extrapolate from the constitutional structure of the UN system,” he added.
The Brazilian minister went on to say, “Fundamental freedoms are not an ideology. Human dignity requires freedom as much as it requires health and economic opportunities.
“Those who dislike freedom always try to benefit from moments of crisis to preach the curtailing of freedom. Let’s not fall for that trap.
“Totalitarian social control is not the remedy for any crisis. Let’s not make democracy and freedom one more victim of COVID-19.”
Like that evil black man who had a goat and a papaya PCR tested ...
Looks like maybe the will try to impeach him:
Brazil's Bolsonaro Under Siege from Covid Communists
[Link] Senate wants to impeach Bolsonaro because of covid. He fought for early treatment, chloroquine and now ivermectin and was against the lockdowns, so they call him a genocidal murderer, even though the Supreme Court removed his power to direct the epidemics measures and transferred them to the governors."