Lula's anti-democratic friends: these are the ones who gain from his return to power

Yesterday, Brazil held the second round of its presidential elections and the ultra-left Lula da Silva was the winner by a very small difference.

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Lula has had massive support in the foreign media, and not only among those on the extreme left, but also among those who describe themselves as "progressive" and among many who say they have no editorial line. However, all that pressure has only served to obtain a narrow victory and divide Brazil in half. Of course, I regret not sharing the idea that every electoral process is what some call "the party of democracy." There are elections that have served to bury democracies (there are the examples of Germany and Venezuela), and in some cases the electoral processes serve for the enemies of freedom to obtain more power >. This is what happened in Brazil yesterday.

Many media outlets will now continue to do the same thing they have been doing for a long time: whitewash Lula da Silva. It is not the case of Counting Stars. Here we are going to see what other media are silent, specifically Lula's anti-democratic friendships and who wins with her return to power:

• In 2009, Lula showed his support for the Islamic dictatorship of Iran. During the previous term of the Brazilian ultra-left politician, relations between Brazil and Iran were strengthened. The official Iranian media outlet HispanTV has openly supported Lula , with the hope of regaining Brazil as an ally. Let's remember that Bolsonaro strengthened relations with Israel.
• Also in 2009, Lula showed his support for Palestine. The candidate of the Brazilian far-left is the great supporter of the Palestinians in his country. In 2021, the terrorist group Hamas expressed its hope that Lula would return to power : "we are very grateful for the Brazilian support over the years and for the years of history of our people. This defense began in particular during the presidency of Lula and resulted in a great and vigorous support for our cause", Basem Naim, one of the leaders of Hamas, said.
• In 2016, Lula said that the communist dictator Fidel Castro was like an "older brother". Last year, during a long stay of the Brazilian politician in Cuba, Lula He photographed in a very friendly attitude with Raúl Castro and Miguel Díaz-Canel, the current dictator of that island. Last night, Díaz-Canel enthusiastically congratulated Lula on his electoral victory . Now the Cuban dictatorship will have a new ally: Brazil.
• In 2021, Lula showed his support for the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, asking the international community to recognize him as the sole and legitimate president of Venezuela despite the electoral fraud with which they have been maintaining power. Last night, Maduro enthusiastically congratulated Lula: "Today in Brazil democracy triumphed ". A statement that is grotesque coming from a dictator.
• Also in 2021, Lula's party congratulated Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega for winning a farce election with almost all of his rivals in prison or exiled . In these presidential elections in Brazil, Bolsonaro reproached Lula for his support for Daniel Ortega, without the Brazilian far-left candidate denying it. On Saturday, Lula invited officials from the Nicaraguan dictatorship to his closing campaign. How could it be less, last night Daniel Ortega celebrated Lula's victory with "joy".
• The Putin dictatorship also knows that with Lula it will have a better ally. Although Bolsonaro has adopted an unfortunate attitude of neutrality in the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Brazil supported the condemnation of the invasion at the UN and rejected the Russian annexation of four regions of Ukraine. On the contrary, assuming the discourse of Russian propaganda and the position adopted by the international extreme left, Lula blamed Zelensky, the US and the Union European invasion.

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