Bulletin 218 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil – 9/24/2018 – 7 PM
- The strengthening of democracy in Brazil is the first step towards overcoming the current crisis, with job and income generation and educational opportunities for everyone. This is what Fernando Haddad, the presidential candidate on the Brazil Happy Again ticket said today, September 24, after visiting former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Haddad said that Brazil’s deep and historic socioeconomic problems can only be solved within the framework of Democracy.
Read more here: http://www.pt.org.br/nao-e-com-intolerancia-que-vamos-tirar-o-brasil-da-crise-disse-haddad/
- After visiting Lula today, September 24, Emídio de Souza, one of Fernando Haddad and Manuela D’Ávila’s presidential campaign coordinators, questioned the denial of the ex-President’s right to give interviews to meet the demands of dozens of requests from the Brazilian and international press. The same justice system just authorized the right for Adélio Bispo de Oliveira, the man who tried to kill candidate Jair Bolsonaro in a knife attack, to give interviews. “This is very strange,” said Emídio.
Read more here: https://lula.com.br/emidio-questiona-criterio-da-justica-para-entrevistas-de-lula-e-adelio/
- With signs and banners saying ‘Lula Livre’, ‘#FreeLula’, and ‘Brasil ama Lula’, activists from the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee in New York protested today, September 24th, in front of the Grand Hyatt hotel next to Grand Central Station, where illegitimate president Michel Temer was eating lunch with his entourage. The pedestrians who passed by – Brazilians, North-Americans, Africans and people from other Latin American countries, echoed shouts of “Free Lula” back at the protesters.
- The good afternoon shout to Lula on this, 171st day of democratic resistance in Curitiba, was led by Adair Gonçalves, a Landless Rural Workers Movement (Movimento sem Terra/MST) activist from Cascavel, Paraná. Before the activity, a round of singing raised the spirits of the activists. “These events have strengthened our activism. Our artists have cheered us up during these days of resistance and they are giving us the strength to cheer up Lula,” he said.
Bulletin 218 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil – 9/24/2018 – 7 PM
