The wave of international support for Lula is not weakening. The day after the attack on places of power in Brazil by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, the three heads of state of North America issued a joint statement. Joe Biden, his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured President Lula of their support. “Canada, Mexico and the United States condemn the attacks of January 8 against Brazilian democracy and against a peaceful transfer of power”, according to this text released by the White House.
“We stand with Brazil as it defends its democratic institutions” and “we look forward to working with President Lula to achieve results for our countries, for the American continent and beyond”, add the three leaders, who meet in Mexico City on Monday and Tuesday for a diplomatic meeting. “Our governments support the free expression of the will of the Brazilian people,” they wrote.
Lula back to work
President Lula “resumed work at the Planalto Palace” on Monday, while sanctions and arrests rained down the day after the invasions of three emblematic places of power in Brasilia by hordes of Bolsonarians.
These events obviously have a very special resonance for Joe Biden, and for Americans in general. Almost to the day two years ago, raging supporters of another defeated president, Donald Trump, stormed the Capitol in Washington in an attempt to block the Democratic president’s certification.