The president also said that world politics is going through a ‘very critical moment’ and that multilateralism is being replaced by the US leader’s ‘unilateralism’
The Chief Executive, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), said this Friday (23) that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, is proposing the creation of a new United Nations (UN), in which the Republican is the sole “owner”. During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the North American leader launched the so-called “Peace Council”.
O by the White House to join the group. Despite the tendency to refuse, Planalto remains cautious and has not yet responded whether or not it will participate in the .
“The UN charter is being torn up and, instead of correcting what we have been demanding since I was president in 2003, a reform with the entry of new countries, with the [adesão] from Mexico, Brazil and [nações] African women, what is happening? President Trump is making a proposal to create a new UN in which he, alone, is the owner”, said Lula during a ceremony at the 14th National Meeting of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), in Salvador, Bahia.
Members of the Brazilian government analyze centralizing topics proposed by Trump and the increase in the range of activities beyond the conflict in the Gaza Strip as obstacles to Brazil’s entry into the council proposed by the North American leader.
Lula also said that world politics is going through a “very critical moment”. According to him, multilateralism is being replaced by . “The law of the strongest prevails,” said the PT member.
Endorsing the sovereignty discourse, a government bet since Trump announced a 50% tariff on Brazilian products in July, the PT member also stated that Brazil has no preference for relations with other nations. “Brazil wants to have a relationship with the United States, Cuba, China, India and Russia, we have no preference, what we do not accept is going back to being a colony for someone to want to rule us,” said Lula.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
