By: Real America News Updated 30 Oct 2022, 30: 20 pm EDT
The President of the United States Joe Biden congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday for his victory in the presidential elections in Brazil, which he cataloged as “free, fair and credible”.
Through a statement released by the White House, the president sent a message to the winner: “I send my congratulations to Luis Inácio Lula da Silva on his election to be the next president of Brazil in these free, fair and reliable elections . I look forward to working together to continue the cooperation of the two countries in the coming months and years.”
I send my congratulations to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his election to be the next president of Brazil following free, fair, and credible elections. I look forward to working together to continue the cooperation between our two countries in the months and years ahead.
—President Biden (@POTUS) October 31,
The United States thus gave a boost that quickly legitimized the result of the Brazilian elections in which the candidate of the Workers’ Party and former Brazilian president has defeated the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, by a narrow margin.
The United States is one of the main trading partners of Brazill, the largest economy in Latin America and the thirteenth on the planet by volume of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The United States and Brazil maintain high-level bilateral dialogues on a series of topics such as trade and investment, science, technology, and energy priorities .
Along these lines, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, congratulated the Brazilian people in a message on Twitter for “exercising their right to vote and reaffirm the strength of its democracy.”
“ We look forward to continuing our strong partnership with the President-elect as we build a democratic, prosperous, and equal hemisphere “, concluded the head of the US Diplomacy.
Prior to the elections, the one who launched a strong criticism of Lula was the former president American Donald Trump, who called for a vote for Jair Bolsonaro, whom he described as a great and respected leader, “who also happens to be a great guy with a big heart.”
“His opponent , ‘Lulu,’ is a radical leftist lunatic who will quickly destroy his country and all the tremendous progress that has been made under President Bolsonaro, including making Brazil a respected country again,” Trump added.
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