The similarities in the assaults on the Brazilian Congress and the United States Capitol by supporters of candidates who lost the elections are a sign of the need to strengthen democracies, Biden insisted to Lula da Silva
A meeting between the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, concluded with a commitment by both leaders to fight the climate crisis and pay special attention to the preservation of the Brazilian Amazon. .
The meeting took place at the White House, the United States presidential residence. This is the first meeting between the two leaders since Lula da Silva assumed the presidency on January 1.
In the press conference that was held at the end of speaking, they indicated that they discussed “issues of social equality, racial equality, related to democracy, clean energy, climate change and the strengthening of democracy,” according to a review. France24.
The Brazilian president stressed that he “saw a lot of willingness” on the part of Biden to participate again in the Amazon Fund, created in 2008 to attract donations to finance climate actions in the Brazilian Amazon, which was abandoned during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro .
“I saw a lot of willingness on the part of President Biden to participate in the fund of the developed countries of the world so that we take better care of our planet,” said Lula Da Silva.
For the socialist leader, the environment must be established as a priority in the United Nations security councils and decisions must be taken from international bodies.
“We need a new governance with more authority and that new countries can participate in the UN security councils so that decisions concerning the climate crisis are taken at the international level,” he said.
It maintains its commitment to achieve “zero deforestation” by 2030, a complicated mission considering that in 2021 the Brazilian rainforest lost 16,557 square kilometers of vegetation cover in all its biomes. Specifically in the Amazon, deforestation was such that the amount is equivalent to about 18 trees felled per second.
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For Biden, another important focus is the strengthening of democracy. Both governments have the singularity of having suffered attacks on the headquarters of public powers by protesters who ignored democratic results.
In the United States, supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in January 2021 with the intention of interrupting a session of the Legislative Branch to count the votes of the Electoral College that certified the victory of Joe Biden in the presidential elections.
The same story occurred in Brazil, when a group of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress fifteen days after Lula Da Silva’s inauguration.
“The strong democracies of our two nations have been put to the test lately, very much to the test. But in both the United States and Brazil, democracy prevailed. We must continue to fight for democracy and for democratic values, which are the core of our strength,” he said.
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