Lula He spoke this Tuesday at the graduation ceremony of the new Brazilian diplomats graduates of the Rio Branco Institute, carried out in the Itamaraty Palace, headquarters of the Chancellery. There he proposed to bring positions between the two closer. governments looking to the future for “learn to live democratically in adversity.”
The words of brazilian president They seek to put a damper on the relationship with the leader of Freedom Advances two days after his victory in the runoff, who had anticipated that he did not want to maintain relations with Brazil nor with China.
Lula: “We have to sit at the table”
Without citing the liberal-libertarian economist, Lula He remarked that “I don’t have to like the president of Chili, of Argentina either Venezuela. He doesn’t have to be my friend. He has to be president of his country, I have to be president of my country. We have to have a Brazilian state policy and he has to have his. We have to sit at the table, each one defending their interests. There can be no supremacy of one over the other, we have to reach an agreement. “That is the art of democracy.”
Furthermore, he considered that the best is “try to live democratically in adversity” with his colleagues who belong to another political camp, although he did not mention the name of Milei.
“Although we are experiencing some tumult in South America, It is not the same as in 2002, 2004 or 2006. We are going to have political problems. And instead of complaining about political problems, we have to be smart and try to solve them, try to talk things out. Try to get people learn to live democratically in adversity“said Lula.
Hours before, Lula had criticized what he called the “new experience” on the American continent, referring, without naming it, to the future Government of Milei.
In his weekly program Conversation with the President, Lula praised the Minister of Finance’s capacity for dialogue, Fernando Haddad, with countries that do not have the same political color as Brazil.
“Haddad has traveled a lot to countries that do not think like us to discuss and learn about experiences. I only hope that he does not go behind this new experience that emerged on the continent, I hope so,” Lula said, ironically, while smiling, next to his minister and the host of the program broadcast by public media
The president did not make direct reference to Argentina, but he made the comment when referring to Brazil’s relations with other nations, and said that his country is “in fashion” because it has the resources that the world needs for the energy transition of the production model.
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Doubts about Lula’s presence at Milei’s inauguration
Lula will not attend Milei’s inauguration ceremony on December 10 because he felt personally offended by the Argentine’s insults, as revealed yesterday by the Brazilian special advisor on international affairs, Celso Amorim.
“From what I know of President Lula, I find it difficult for him to go to the inauguration, because he felt personally offended, but the Brazilian State will be represented,” Amorim told the newspaper O Globo, after learning that Milei invited former president Jair Bolsonaro, who confirmed that he will travel to Buenos Aires for the ceremony.
According to the presidential advisor, the relationship between Milei and Bolsonaro will only cause problems if there are “internal interferences.”
Amorim cited that Lula was personally offended because Milei called him a “thief” and a “furious communist” during interviews offered in the electoral campaign, after the leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) showed support for the candidacy of the minister of Economy, Sergio Massa.
Lula wished Milei “luck and success”
On Sunday, after the election in Argentina, Lula issued a statement on social networks in which he recognized Milei’s victory, although without mentioning him by name.
The PT leader wished “good luck and success” to the new elected Government and affirmed that he will “always” be “available to work” alongside the Argentines.
“I wish good luck and success to the new Government. Argentina is a great country and deserves all our respect,” he stressed. the Brazilian president on his account on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Argentina is Brazil’s third trading partner after China and the United States and is considered key for the industry, since it is the first buyer of Brazilian manufactured products.
Source: Ambito
