Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, In a video message that he addressed to those present at a UN meeting, he described Tuesday as exemplary how Vinicius Junior, front of the Real Madridd, responded to the racist insults he suffered in the match against Valencia in mestalla.
“The lesson that remains for us from these unforgivable episodes is that if Vini Júnior, a 22-year-old, is capable of rising up against hostile crowds, there is no doubt that we can and will We have to do more to break this daunting cycle of violence.”affirmed the progressive leader in his message.
Lula, one of the first to speak out against the racist insults received by the attacker of the Brazilian team and Real Madrid in the match with Valencia, assured that the great repercussion that the episode had at the Mestalla stadium showed that “racism transcends borders”.
The head of state of Brazil came out again in defense of Vinicius in the video message released by the Presidency and that he sent to the UN Permanent Forum of People of African Descent, a meeting held this Tuesday at the organization’s headquarters in New York and in which he was represented by his Minister for Racial Equality, Anielle Franco .
The progressive leader took advantage of the message to propose that the next meeting of the Forum be held in Brazil, the second country with the largest population of Afro-descendants in the world after Nigeria.
“Today more than ever, this Forum is essential to advance in the declaration of the United Nations on the right of Afro-descendants. The Brazilian delegation reiterates its commitment to the banner of racial equality in the domestic and international arena, and leaves the doors open for the next session of the Forum to be held in Brazil,” he said.
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