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Whatever one's view of him, Lula is a giant on the world stage. He left office with 86% approval. From a background of extreme deprivation, he lifted millions out of poverty. He's one of the few to use leftism to defeat neoliberalism & right-wing extremism. Well worth hearing:
Brazil is the world's fifth most-populous country, with vast oil reserves & the planet's most vital environmental asset - the Amazon - now under threat. Lots of valid critiques of Lula - which I asked him a lot about - but we fought for a year to interview him & it was worth it.
And the Brazilian judiciary still owes an explanation why they spent all of 2018 barring us and others from interviewing Lula during the election - even when the most dangerous drug lords can be interviewed in prison - and now are suddenly authorizing this with the election over.
Here's Lula on the attempt by Trump, Bolton, Elliott Abrams & CIA to again interfere in the internal affairs of a Latin American country - this time Venezuela - to impose the leaders they prefer. This obviously is part of a long, ugly, bloody history by the US on that continent:
