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| 'US doesn't want strong & independent Brazil backing Latin America' -- Brazil's Lula da Silva |
| 2018-04-02 |
| [RT] The political chaos in Brazil is a result of collusion between local elites and the US, which doesn't want a strong new independent player in Latin America and beyond, former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told RT. Somehow it's always us, isn't it? Lula da Silva, 72, who served as Brazil's president from 2003 until 2011 and is one of the most popular politicians in the country's history, is now eyeing another presidential term. Polls suggest this could be a possibility, unless his ambitions are quashed by a pending court decision, which will either uphold or dismiss a nine-year sentence for corruption. Commonly known as Lula, the Brazilian Workers' Party icon spoke on RT Spanish show, Conversation with Correa, hosted by Ecuador's former president Rafael Correa. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Well let's be honest, our elites are big believers in meddling. They love it. If the teeming masses are looking there, they aren't looking here! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-04-02 14:15 |
| #6 My whole life there have been predictions of Brazil and India rising into the first world. Nobody predicted Chile would. Yet the roadmap is laid out and all they have to do is follow it. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-04-02 11:28 |
| #5 A corrupt communist with a possible jail sentence hanging over his head - what's not to love about Lula? Might want to consider cleaning up your own back yard before fingering the Great Satan for most of your problems. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-04-02 10:05 |
| #4 Well let's be honest, our elites are big believers in meddling. They love it. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Jones3477 2018-04-02 07:55 |
| #3 Would love Latin America to police themselves but they seem incapable of recognizing and modeling success (Chile) and hell bound to try different flavors of failure. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2018-04-02 07:55 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-02 07:51 |
| #1 So another foreign wannabe tyrant trying to distract "his" people by pointing at "the great satan" as the cause of all problems. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-04-02 07:45 |