The Brazilian president says that “it would be good to have Kamala Harris in power” to “strengthen democracy.” The statements are made four days before the presidential elections in the United States.
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said this Friday that “it would be good to have Kamala Harris in power” to “strengthen democracy,” in an interview with the French channel LCI, four days before the presidential elections in the United States. Joined.
“I believe that democracy is the best system of government that humanity has managed to build,” the Brazilian president told the French channel.
“Democracy is the most sacred thing. It would be good to have Kamala Harris in power,” he added at another time, without mentioning Donald Trump, the Republican candidate who is contesting the United States presidential elections against the Democratic candidate, days before the presidential elections in the United States, scheduled for on November 5, and whose latest polls indicate a tie between both candidates.
“We remember the attack on the Capitol,” Lula da Silva also highlighted, adding that “hatred spreads in the United States, but also in Europe and Latin America.”
Asked about the conflict in Ukraine, the Brazilian president reiterated that “there has always been an opportunity to build peace” and reinforced that he believes in dialogue.
“The problem is that neither [Volodymyr] Zelensky nor [Vladimir] Putin wants to sit down and discuss the matter,” assessed Lula da Silva when the French channel asked him about the conflict that began after the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in February 2022.
Lula da Silva also confirmed that neither the Ukrainian nor the Russian leader will participate in the G20 summit, a group of the twenty largest economies in the world, which will take place this month in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
“We do not invite them because we do not believe that the G20 forum is a space for that,” declared the Brazilian president.
Vladimir Putin announced in mid-October that he had no intention of attending the G20 in Brazil, scheduled for November 18 and 19, so as not to disrupt the summit while he was under a court order from the International Criminal Court.
On December 1, 2023, and until November 30 of this year, for the first time, Brazil assumed the presidency of the G20 under the motto “Building a just world and a sustainable planet”, with social inclusion and the fight against hunger and poverty; energy transitions and promotion of sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental dimensions; and the reform of global governance institutions as priorities.
During his presidency he invited Portugal, Angola, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Nigeria, Norway and Singapore to observe the organization, as well as the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
Source: Observadora
