Brazil’s president is losing clout abroad and unpopular at home
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva put Brazil on the map, but he hasn’t adapted to a changed world
On June 22nd, hours after the United States struck Iranian nuclear sites with huge bunker-buster bombs, Brazil’s foreign ministry put out a statement. It said that Brazil’s government “strongly condemns” the American attack, which it called a “violation of Iran’s sovereignty and international law”. This strength of language put Brazil at odds with Western democracies, which either supported the strikes or merely expressed concern.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Faded dreams”
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