Amorim: The ruling class is not interested in Brazil's sovereignty.

247 Former minister Celso Amorim believes that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's "imprisonment is a Kafkaesque situation, something never seen before."

In Paris, where he is giving lectures and denouncing the persecution against Lula, the former foreign minister said that "the United States doesn't want Lula as president, but they also don't want the military."   

"Multipolarity, the guiding principle of Lula's government's foreign policy, is not in the interest of the hegemonic power. There was great resistance to Brazilian policy towards Africa and the Middle East. As for Brazil's ruling class, it is not interested in sovereignty or a dominant role for Brazil," she stated. The accounts were published by Leneide Duarte-Plon, in Major Card.

According to the former minister, "the Brazilian elite sees itself as white with blue eyes, even though half the population is of African origin. For this reason, closer ties with African countries were seen by the press and the ruling elite as a waste of time."

"During this short trip to Paris, I was able to observe the perplexity and indignation with which a large part of the intellectual community and public figures of various persuasions are witnessing the degradation of the Brazilian political process. In conversations with former ministers and other people who have held prominent positions and enjoy high respect, both inside and outside France (contrary to what the chancellor of the illegitimate government thinks), I noted the concern about the deterioration of Brazilian democracy and its deleterious effect on Latin America and beyond," he said.