Celso Amorim: "The election of Alberto will have an influence …

The former Foreign Minister of Brazil, Celso Amorim, stressed the need to guarantee the release of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva so that there is "a real national dialogue" and felt that "thanks to international pressure" can be obtained. In this perspective, he stressed that he considered as positive for the whole region of Latin America the possible triumph of Alberto Fernández in the country. "With Argentina, we are brothers, we have a reciprocal influence and we hope that the election of Alberto will have an influence on Brazil", he stressed.

Amorim, former Minister of Foreign Affairs under the two Lula governments, spoke with AM 750 and said that "Brazil is very bad" because of the economic crisis and the ecological disaster in the Amazon, although he stressed that "The most outrageous thing is that the most popular leader is in prison without any truly substantiated charges.". In this sense, he stressed that "justice is involved" and emphasized the Judge Sergio Moro: "When he agreed to become Minister of Justice, it was found that he was not the only judge in the world. was not an independent judge ".

About the situation in the country, he said that "there are 13 million unemployed, a figure that could be higher because of the under-occupation". He criticized "the absence of labor rights" and the fall of the economic recession in a context in which the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, "Wants to privatize everything, even Petrobras". He also criticized Bolsonaro for managing the environmental disaster in the Amazon. "He treated world leaders very aggressively and with the Amazon, I fear that exports will close."

For the former Chancellor, the key goes through the freedom of Lula. "With Lula, a real national dialogue could take place. Now, only the right and the far right, the richest and Bolsonaro speak. With Lula, it would be different. He said he was "optimistic" for the freedom of the leader of the PT, who was imprisoned "to pull him out of the elections" and that "there is international pressure without campaigning".

Regarding external support, he mentioned Alberto Fernández, with whom he had visited Lula in prison at the beginning of July. "Lula was happy to see him, he is well and gives interviews," he said about the time of the meeting.

Amorim pointed out that "with Lula Libre, not only the progressives, but also the center could adhere". In this sense, he did not hesitate to say that "In the short term, there are two important things: the election of Alberto and the freedom of Lula", which would have an impact at the regional level.