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Lula proposes a meeting of progressive world leaders against the far-right offensive

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President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvasaid on Tuesday that he wants to promote meeting of progressive leaders at the next UN General Assembly to discuss joint

President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvasaid on Tuesday that he wants to promote meeting of progressive leaders at the next UN General Assembly to discuss joint “confrontation” with the rise of the far right.

Lula explained that he had already submitted his proposal to the President of the Spanish Government. Pedro Sanchezand the French leader, Emmanuel Macronand that he will discuss it with other progressive leaders ahead of the UN General Assembly scheduled for September next year in New York.

The President of Brazil assured that the phenomenon far right “It is global in scope” and represents a “democratic failure” because it represents progress “in the areas of racism, xenophobia and the ‘customary agenda’ that persecute minorities.”

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Lula highlighted the rise of the far right in Europe and the US, a country which he said “symbol of democracy in the world” and that he suffered a violent attack on the Capitol in January 2022, carried out by activists who shared the former president’s ideas. Donald Trump.

He compared the events at the Capitol to the attack on the headquarters of the three branches of government that occurred in Brazil in January 2023, carried out by followers former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro who did not accept their defeat in last year’s elections.

According to Lula, democratic leaders “cannot allow the negation of all the institutions created to maintain democracy to triumph” and must join forces against an extremist movement for which “the most valuable thing is lies.”

In this context, he formulated his proposal for a meeting progressive leaders during the UN General Assembly, where he believes that “how to confront” together “this rise of the far right” should be discussed.

EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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