Former Education Minister Fernando Haddad (PT) said today that President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) must travel to the United States to meet with US President Joe Biden before taking office.
This was the intent of the incoming president, but the idea was abandoned and the visit was to be scheduled for the first months of 2023. But according to Haddad, there is an invitation to make the trip before Christmas.
On Monday, Lula received two envoys of the US president, national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Latin America adviser Juan Gonzalez, in Brasília.
As the PT candidate was leaving the hotel he was staying at, he told reporters, “I had a shock of confidence with Lula’s election. It attracts a lot of attention from foreigners, I could see it on my trip to Egypt and Portugal.” in Brazil.
The day after Lula’s election, Biden called Brazil’s next-term president. In addition to congratulating him on the result, Biden also spoke to Lula about the “strength of democratic institutions”, citing fears that the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government would not respect the election result.
During the meeting, which lasted about 20 minutes, the two countries also discussed the diplomatic relations between the two countries and touched upon the difficulties that the two countries will face regarding climate change.
Although former US President Donald Trump publicly supports Bolsonaro’s reelection, other US and international leaders enthusiastically accepted Lula’s victory????????
On the second day of COP27 (the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference), Bolsonaro was indirectly criticized in a speech by environmentalist Al Gore, the former vice president of the United States. In his speech at the event, he said Brazil “chosen to stop destroying the Amazon”, referring to Lula’s election.
*According to the information provided by the Reuters news agency
source: Noticias
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