Corporate media once again silences Lula's voice.

247 - Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has once again been exiled in his own country by the corporate press. Although his interview with journalists Florestan Fernandes Júnior and Mônica Bergamo for El Pais and Folha continues to be the most discussed topic on social media and also the one with the greatest international impact on Brazil, the unified order of the major newspapers was to silence Lula's voice. This Sunday, the interview practically disappeared from the newspapers, which even avoided mentioning Jair Bolsonaro's insults – who labeled Lula a 'drunkard' – so as not to remind their readers of the existence of the interview.

In it, Lula demanded that judges judge his case according to the facts of the case, and not out of fear of the media; that businessmen defend national industry; and that the military defend Brazil's sovereignty. Regarding workers, Lula advocated that they take to the streets to defend their rights (learn more). hereLula's words, however, seem to be uncomfortable and inconvenient for the traditional media.

Read below the Bulletin of the Democratic Resistance regarding Lula's interview:

Bulletin 432 – Popular Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy
Live from Curitiba – 27/4/2019 – 386 days of resistance – 17:15 PM

1. The press and websites around the world reported on the first interview given by former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a political prisoner, granted on Friday (26) to the newspapers Folha de S.Paulo and El País, highlighting his statement that Brazil has come to be governed “by a bunch of lunatics” and that he will fight to show the Brazilian people and the world the schemes of Sérgio Moro to incriminate him and remove him from the electoral race. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y5fwm2ar

2. In an interview given to two newspapers, Lula harshly criticized the far-right Jair Bolsonaro's project of turning Brazil into a colony, which he argues serves the economic and geopolitical interests of the United States – not Brazil. "The day I leave here, they know I'll be on the road. To, together with these people, raise our heads and not let Brazil be handed over to the Americans. To end this inferiority complex," he said. He called Bolsonaro a lackey of the US for attacking both national sovereignty and the interests of all the Brazilian people. "I've never seen a president salute the American flag," he said. Read the full interview: https://tinyurl.com/yyf5fonu

3. While major international news outlets highlighted Lula's interview, in Brazil the two largest TV networks, Globo and Record, disregarded good journalism practices and simply ignored the main political event of the week. The two media groups showed a lack of commitment to both democracy and their readers and viewers by censoring the interview. In the interview, Lula spoke about his status as a political prisoner and the role of the media in the destruction of Brazil, among other topics. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y2pqyf84

4. In Brazil, the interview reignited the activism in Bahia, which came out in defense of the former president in yet another public Lula rally in Salvador this Saturday (27). In a shopping mall in the state capital, dozens of people held an event to the sound of the classic "Olê, Olê, Olá, Lula, Lula!". On social media, the subject was still among the most commented 24 hours after reaching Twitter's trending topics. Check it out: https://twitter.com/LulaOficial/status/1122174365393723393/video/1

5. At the Lula Livre Vigil, activists from states like Minas Gerais and São Paulo paid tribute to the former president by singing some of his favorite songs – with Luiz Gonzaga, of whom he is a fan, dominating the repertoire. Watch: http://twixar.me/m27K

Bulletin 432 – Popular Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy
Live from Curitiba – 27/4/2019 – 386 days of resistance – 17:15 PM