“Multilateralism is at a new crossroads” and the world is “to witness the consolidation of an international order marked by repeated concessions to the power game, attacks on sovereignty, arbitrary sanctions and unilateral interventions are becoming the rule.”
He said that “worldwide, anti -democratic forces are trying to subjugate institutions and suffocate freedoms. They offer violence, praise ignorance, act as physical and digital militias and restrict the press.”
Send a message
The president, known by all as Lula, said that “even under an unprecedented attack, Brazil chose to resist and defend his democracy recovered 40 years ago.”
He referred to the recent conviction of his predecessor for attacking the rule of democratic law, marking a first in the 525 years of history of his country.
“Before the eyes of the world, Brazil sent a message to all the candidates for autocrats and who support them: our democracy, our sovereignty are not negotiable,” he said.
Tension in the region
Returning to the widest region, he said that the Americans and the Caribbean “are experiencing a moment of growing polarization and instability.”
He said that “the comparison between crime and terrorism is worrying” and the most effective way to combat drug trafficking is through cooperation to suppress money laundering and limit arms trade.
“The use of lethal force in situations that do not constitute armed conflicts are equivalent to executing people without judgment,” he added.
Lula emphasized that “the way to dialogue should not be closed in Venezuela. Haiti is entitled to a future free of violence, and it is unacceptable that Cuba is listed as a country that sponsors terrorism.”
Concern for the Palestinian people
Meanwhile, “no situation is more emblematic of disproportionate and illegal use of force” than the situation in Palestine.
He warned that “the Palestinian people run the risk of disappearing” and “will only survive with an independent state integrated into the international community”, which more than 150 UN Member States have reaffirmed.
Climate Action and Justice
Lula also approached the climatic crisis. He said that the COP30 conference in the Brazilian city of Belém “will be the time for world leaders to demonstrate the severity of their commitment to the planet.”
Developing countries face climate change against other challenges, while rich nations “enjoy a standard of living at the expense of 200 years of greenhouse gas emissions.”
“Demanding greater ambition and greater access to resources and technology is not a matter of charity, but of justice,” he said.