It even seems as if the planet stopped to listen to the Brazilian leader's message.
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The repercussion of Lula's speech in the rest of the world, despite being kind, was poor. The attention and respect offered to Lula 3 is much lower than what occurred in his first term, which began in 2003. For many, it seems that this penny has not yet dropped.
One of the causes for Lula's loss of prestige has been the Brazilian position in relation to the war in Ukraine. He also weighs the affection for the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro, in Venezuela, and the passivity towards the authoritarian regime in Nicaragua. They come at a high cost to the credibility of the Brazilian president, including in the international press.
In his speech, Lula repeated messages from past speeches, with some new emphases, consistent with what he and his Workers' Party defend. But, let's face it, the flags of environmental urgency, of combating global poverty, of support from rich countries to poor and emerging ones, do not consist of a new agenda and are popular,ariamind the speeches of heads of state around the world. Of course, Lula's life trajectory qualifies him to be one of the protagonists of this agenda. But even for him, words alone are not enough to move hearts. They already were, in the past. No more.
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Bloc led by authoritarian regimes
It is a mistake to interpret that Lula's affections towards Vladimir Putin and Xin Jiping, the enlargement of the BRICS manipulated by Beijing, the recent demonstrations by the G20, signal to the world the search for a new world order, with emerging countries - China is a emergent country? Russia? – seeking greater and deserved protagonism in the Southern Hemisphere. Before this perception, the prevailing view is that a bloc is being formed led by countries with authoritarian regimes, with no commitment to democracy. And, to the surprise of many, Brazil is aligning itself with it, distancing itself from Western democracies with which it shares historical values. It is not new that authoritarian regimes seek to form blocs to oppose the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Australia and many others. Just revisit history in the decades after World War II.
To justify Brazil's strange position regarding the conflict in Ukraine, current Brazilian foreign policy makers argue that there are many other conflicts in the world, in poorer countries, that are ignored by rich nations. Without a doubt, unfortunately, there are many wars ongoing, causing deaths, suffering and migration of hundreds of thousands of people. But this does not change the fact that Russia invaded Ukraine, illegally, and is responsible for the conflict, in terms of geopolitical risks, the most dangerous in the world.
It is clear that seeking to negotiate a peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev is important and must be prioritized by the international community. But it is possible to be a promoter of peace without abandoning the principles of international law. A crime against humanity cannot be forgiven or even mitigated under the justification of finding a solution to its end.
This stance by the Brazilian government has been seen as an “opportunistic” attitude by a growing number of foreign authorities. Lula proposes dialogue, peace, but for them, he is actually playing on the Moscow field.
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