New York Times video argues for voting for Lula 'for the future of human life on the planet'

247 - A video published on The New York Times Opinion profile, produced by environmental scientist Agnes Bridge and economist Alessandra Orofino, defends the election of the PT candidate for president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as the "The only correct choice to save the future of human life on the planet."

The video mentions the environmental risk that Jair Bolsonaro (PL) represents: "The Amazon rainforest is under attack," "the Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate," "there are no more tree canopies," "in recent years the problem has gotten much worse" are some of the highlighted phrases.

"One candidate (Lula) wants to save the Amazon and the other (Bolsonaro) wants to burn it. The largest rainforest in the world is my home, but the outcome of these elections threatens not only all of this (the forest) but all of this (the world)," declared the indigenous leader Txai Surui in a document published by one of the world's largest newspapers.

When discussing the presidential elections in Brazil and the environmental risks associated with Bolsonaro's proposals, the columnists are emphatic: "the most important day for planet Earth and its survival is October 30th."

Some of Bolsonaro's statements threatening the environment were also highlighted: "The environment can and will coexist with development. As long as I am president, development will be above all else." "I will no longer tolerate IBAMA issuing fines indiscriminately, nor ICMBio; this party is over."

As a concrete example of a Bolsonaro-backed measure that poses a risk to the Amazon, the video cites Bill 2633, known as the 'Land Grabbing Law'. Regarding this bill, the columnists state that "it may be the least known law, but it has the greatest destructive potential for the planet at the moment. Let's call it what it really is: the 'Law that rewards criminals, to hell with the Amazon, and let the earth bake in hell'."

"Bill 2633 would give the illegally deforested land back to the criminals who stole it, not only pardoning past crimes but also giving them a free pass to commit new ones."

Lula, in turn, is described as someone who devised an "aggressive plan to save the Amazon rainforest, creating conservation areas larger than the United Kingdom, levying billions in environmental fines, and inventing a satellite forest monitoring system. Some even dared to think that deforestation in the Amazon could end."

According to the columnists, Bolsonaro's rise to power represented "stolen indigenous lands," "activists murdered by criminal loggers and ranchers," "Last year 18 trees were cut down per second," and "an area of ​​forest larger than Northern Ireland was lost forever."

"Millions of Brazilians are terrified by their deadly attack on the Amazon. These Brazilians are putting everything on the line to save the forest on which human civilization literally depends," the video describes.

The piece concludes with a plea for votes for Lula: "We all desperately need a new Brazilian president who will not burn down the Amazon rainforest."

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