Brazil's Lula Criticizes US Intervention Without UN Security Council Approval

Gate News message, April 19 — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized the United States on April 18 for intervening in other countries without UN Security Council approval, saying such actions threaten global stability. Speaking at a conference in Barcelona, Spain, Lula said developing nations are bearing the economic costs of conflicts initiated by the U.S.

Lula cited specific examples of economic fallout: “The U.S. invasion of Iran has driven up soybean prices in Brazil, corn prices in Mexico, and gasoline prices in other countries. Should the poor pay for this irresponsible war that nobody wanted to see?” He emphasized that no country’s president has the right to impose rules on other nations.

Lula also condemned the use of social media threats by world leaders, stating: “We cannot wake up every morning and go to sleep every night seeing a president threatening the world and waging war through posts.”