The president of Brazil referred to sanctions that his country could suffer for the next UN Assembly. Secretary Marco Rubio said that “the rule of law is disintegrating” in the Carioca country.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared that his government “does not accept impositions from other governments”, amid the aggravation of diplomatic disagreements between Brazil and the US After conviction to the former president Jair Bolsonaro.
“I am sure we will build the bases of a fairer country, A country where everyone is treated with respect and that we can convey to those who doubt Brazil, that Brazil is a sovereign country, a country with a single owner, and the owner of this country is the Brazilian people, “Lula told Ansa.
The president warned that “we do not accept that anyone tells us what to do”, after a series of warnings of the Trump administration after the conviction to Bolsonaro.
Lula da Silva: “We do not accept impositions of any government”
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubiohe said in an interview that Your country could announce “additional measures” against Brazil at the 80 UN General Assemblynext week, because in the South American country “the rule of law is disintegrating.”
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The Brazilian Foreign Ministry announced that he had filed a complaint before the UN in protest of the delay of the US government to grant visas to the members of the Brazilian delegation who will attend the assembly.
According to several media, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha (from the Lula Workers Party)and the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ricardo LewandowskiThey did not receive their visas.
Lula da Silva broke the silence about the conviction to Jair Bolsonaro and responded to Donald Trump
Days after the conviction against the former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro 27 years in prison for coup attemptthe current president Lula da Silva He referred for the first time to the decision, said that the judicial process “was not a ‘witch hunt'” and stressed: “I am proud of the Supreme Court for its historical decision.”
The sayings of the Brazilian president come to response the accusations of his American pair, Donald Trumpwho had claimed that there had been a “Witch hunting” against Bolsonaro and considered that the conviction had been “very surprising.”
On the contrary, Lula da Silva He argued that he is “proud of the Supreme Court of Brazil for his historical decision on Thursday ”, in an opinion article published by the American newspaper The New York Times, which was entitled: “Democracy and sovereignty of Brazil are not negotiable.”
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