"I want to be treated with the respect that Brazil deserves," Lula says in a message to the US.
"What the United States needs to learn is that Brazil is not their servant. We are nobody's backyard," the Workers' Party member stated this Wednesday.
247 - Former President Lula (PT), favorite to win this year's presidential election, said on Wednesday (19) in a press conference with independent media at a hotel in São Paulo that he will demand respect from the United States if he returns to power and will also make the country respect the right of Brazilians to grow.
"How am I going to treat the United States? I treat them with the respect I believe they deserve, but I want them to treat me with the respect that Brazil deserves. They have to understand that Brazil is the most important country in Latin America, the largest in population, the largest economically, and Brazil has an interest in growing along with all the countries of Latin America and South America. And Brazil can be a major player," he stated.
"What the United States needs to learn is that Brazil is not their servant. Brazil is a sovereign country that defines its own foreign policy. Just as Brazil respects the foreign policy of the United States, we want them to respect Brazil's foreign policy. That's all. We are nobody's backyard. This applies to the United States, to China, to India, and to Russia. Respect is good; we like to give it and we like to receive it. That's all I can say to the United States," he concluded.
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