Lula's comeback in Brazil dents Trump's ambitions for Latin America
Lula’s 51.8% to 48.2% runoff win blocks a Bolsonaro return and weakens Washington’s push for security and minerals ties.
- In his election victory speech, President Luiz Inacio Lula declared, "Brazil will not accept being anyone's backyard," a message squarely aimed at Washington.
- President Trump, a close ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro, recently imposed punitive tariffs on Brazil, describing Bolsonaro's coup trial as a "witch-hunt."
- Lula mobilized his base using a 10-million-strong WhatsApp group while supporters waved "Trump Nuke Brazil" inflatables, championing the slogan, "Brazil belongs to Brazilians."
- Responding to the election, Trump said, "I like Lula, we get along well," though he simultaneously labeled the outcome "terrible" and "rigged" while denying he took sides.
- Christopher Sabatini of Chatham House noted Trump viewed Brazil as the "10th and biggest prize," a sensitive topic for a left remembering the region's 20th Century dictatorships backed by the CIA.
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INTELLINEWSLula da Silva's comeback has provided the far-fetched Patria Grande (the Bolivarian dream of integrated Americas defended by revolutionaries, leftists and...
Beyond the domestic effects for Brazil, Lula da Silva's unexpected victory in the presidential elections this Sunday has a major global impact, as it represents the first defeat of the reactionary wave driven by Trumpism in South America. Indeed, for Washington, Brazil was the prime target on the continent after having achieved victories in Argentina with Javier Milei, in Chile with José Antonio Kast, in Colombia with Abelardo de la Espriella an…
During his campaign, the president now re-elected pointed to the infeodation of the Bolsonaro clan in Washington. While showing his readiness to negotiate with the US president, he wants to diversify the exchanges and dependencies of the greatest power of the subcontinent.
Lula's election victory breaks with the Latin American trend to the right. However, Brazil is still not a close ally of Europe.
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