The presidents of Colombia and Chile, and the dictators of Venezuela and Cuba, were the first to greet the new Brazilian president. In Europe, Macron congratulated the PT candidate.
The first of world leaders to congratulate Lula It was the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, who with a brief “Viva Lula” rushed into the Brazilian elections, even before the conclusion of the vote.
Petro, close to Lula, thus echoed the trade unionist’s return to the Presidency of Brazil, who won in the second round with 50.66% of the votes against his opponent, President Jair Bolsonaro who got 49.35%. , with 95.00% counted.
Lula was, together with the Chilean Gabriel Boric and the Mexican Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the axes on which Petro wanted to build a new Latin American union bloc.
For her part, the vice president of Colombia, Francia Márquez, who is also close to Lula, with whom she met after being elected last July, sent him “an ancestral hug” along with her congratulations.
“May wisdom accompany you in this new stage directing the destinies of this sister nation,” the Afro-Colombian vice president wished.
The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, affirmed this Sunday, congratulating Lula da Silva, that “a time of hope and future” begins in Latin America.
“Congratulations Luna! Your victory opens a new time for the history of Latin America. A time of hope and future that begins today. Here you have a partner to work with and dream big about the good life of our peoples, ”the Argentine president wrote on his Twitter account, in which he posted a photo together with the former president of Brazil between 2003 and 2010.
Fernández recalled the “injustices” that Lula experienced, after which he was again elected by the people of Brazil and “democracy has triumphed”, to conclude with this phrase: “Latin America dreams.”
The vice president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, thanked Lula for returning “joy and hope” to the region with his victory in the second round of the elections in the South American country.
“Today more than ever, love and much happiness. Thank you people of Brazil. Thank you, comrade Lula, for returning joy and hope to our South America,” the former president (2007-2015) wrote on her Twitter account after the victory of the former president of Brazil between 2003 and 2010 over the current president, Jair Bolsonaro.
For his part, Gabriel Boric, president of Chile, congratulated the elected president of Brazil with a brief: “Lula. Happiness!”.
By: Infobae
