US EditionBrazil’s Lula and Sánchez of Spain headline meetings of progressive leaders in Barcelona
The gatherings are expected to draw about 3,000 attendees and produce joint proposals on democracy, wages and the green transition, organisers said.
- On Friday, Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began a two-day visit to Barcelona, Spain, joining Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to convene leaders concerned about rising populist far-right movements.
- Brazil and Spain launched this forum in 2024 to exchange ideas aimed at combating "extremism, polarization and misinformation" that undermines participatory democracy, organizers say.
- European Council President Antonio Costa and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum are among attendees gathering to sign agreements on economies, technology, and social policies while addressing wage inequality.
- "This is not going to be an anti-Trump meeting," Lula told Spanish newspaper on Thursday, though analysts view the gathering as a show of force by "middle powers" seeking new strategies against aggressive superpowers.
- Prime Minister Sánchez recently closed Spanish airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war, while Lula expressed "deep solidarity" with Pope Leo XIV following public criticisms made by Trump.
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Illa Welcomes Sanchez and Lula on a Weekend in Which Barcelona Will Host Several Progressive Summits
The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has welcomed to Catalonia this Friday the president of the government, Pedro Sanchez, and to Brazil, Lula da Silva, in the Palau de Pedralbes of Barcelona. Both leaders have traveled to the Catalan capital to participate in the I Summit Spain - Brazil and to preside on Saturday the meeting in Defense of Democracy to which twenty progressive leaders will attend.The leader of the Catalan Executive, …
The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, has just received in Barcelona the Brazilian president, Lula da Silva, to start the I Spain-Brazil Summit, which is held throughout the day.
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Brazil's Lula and Sánchez of Spain headline meetings of progressive leaders in Barcelona
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is starting a two-day visit to Spain where he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez will meet with other leaders, mostly of mid-to-small-sized countries, who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right.
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