President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva mourned the death of former United States president Jimmy Carter, at the age of 100. “He was, above all, a lover of democracy and defender of peace”, he wrote on his profile on the social network X.
“At the end of the 70s, he pressured the Brazilian dictatorship for the release of political prisoners. Later, as a former president, he continued to campaign for the promotion of human rights, peace and the eradication of diseases in Africa and Latin America.”
“Carter achieved the feat of having a job as a former president, over decades, that was as important or more important than his term in the White House,” he added.
In the post, Lula also mentions that the former North American president “criticized unilateral military actions by superpowers and the use of killer drones”, in addition to having worked with Brazil in mediating conflicts in Venezuela and helping Haiti.
“He created the Carter Center, a global reference in democracy, human rights and dialogue. He will forever be remembered as a name that defended that peace is the most important condition for development”, concluded Lula.
Jimmy Carter, a farmer who, as president of the United States, faced an unfavorable economy and the Iran hostage crisis, and who also brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, has died at home , in Georgia, on Sunday (29).
A Democrat, Carter served in the White House between January 1977 and January 1981. Having lived longer than any other former president in the history of the United States, he saw his reputation increase after he left office – a feat that he himself recognized.
Nobel Prize
In a statement released this Monday (30), the body that awards the Nobel Peace Prize assessed that former president Jimmy Carter should be praised for his “decades of tireless efforts” to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts and to promote peace. democracy and human rights.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee generally refrains from commenting on the deaths of Nobel Peace Prize winners. The last time this happened was in 2017, when Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo died in prison. The committee reiterated its praise for Carter, recalling references made to the American leader when he received the award in 2002.
“With the death of former US President Jimmy Carter, the Norwegian Nobel Committee would like to repeat its praise for his ‘decades of tireless effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to promote democracy and human rights, and to promote the economic and social development’,” the committee told Reuters.
He added: “Earlier this fall, the committee was pleased to congratulate him on his 100th birthday, stating that his work for peace, democracy and human rights will be remembered for another 100 years or more.”
*With information from Reuters.
