April 9, 2023 16:50
He visited Brazilian President Joe Biden in Washington last February
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A week after Lula da Silva took office (for the third time) as President of Brazil, an attack by Bolsonaristas vandalized the headquarters of the three symbols of power in Brasília. Lula did not allow himself to be intimidated and made numerous national and international contacts: he visited the United States, met Joe Biden, went to Argentina and Uruguay, offered condolences to people displaced by floods and went to Roraima to say that his government wants to restore the dignity of indigenous peoples. A visit to China is coming soon and it could be the open door to a new global currency
April 9, 2023 16:50
One week after the inauguration of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Pt, Workers’ Party, left) as President of the Republic, hundreds of supporters of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, camped out in front of the barracks of the Brazilian army, invading and vandalizing the seat of the Executive, Congress and the Federal Supreme Court, in Brasilia. It looked like the end of a government that was just beginning.
“January 8th ended with the expression of the far-right’s latest attempt to put an end to the democratic game,” political scientist Leonardo Avritser of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), author of “O Pêndulo da Democracia,” tells Expresso. A study of Brazilian democratic setbacks.
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