Biden and Lula da Silva agrees to tackle climate change and promote democracies
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Staff reporter GAROWE ONLINE
- Posted On 11-02-2023, 03:02PM
WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden on Friday hosted Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at White House ,where they agreed to tackle climate and strengthening democracies .
This is the first trip for Brazilian head of state a month after thousands of protesters stormed the Brazilian capital, ransacking its Supreme Court, Congress and Presidential Palace.
“Both our nations’ strong democracies have been tested of late … very much tested,” Mr Biden said at the start of their Oval Office meeting. “But both in the United States and Brazil, democracy prevailed.”
Lula da Silva is a progressive who served more than a year and a half in jail for money laundering. He defeated the far-right, populist leader Jair Bolsonaro in October’s elections.
President da Silva said that he was moving to restore Brazil on the world stage after Mr Bolsonaro’s term.
“Brazil marginalised itself for four years,” he said. “His world started and ended with fake news.”
The White House statement reveals that the two leaders also discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, insecurity in Haiti, migration and climate change, including efforts to stem deforestation of the Amazon.
GAROWE ONLINE
