{"id":5587,"date":"2026-03-22T01:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/they-want-to-colonise-us-brazils-lula-warns-of-foreign-interference\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:38:09","slug":"they-want-to-colonise-us-brazils-lula-warns-of-foreign-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/they-want-to-colonise-us-brazils-lula-warns-of-foreign-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They want to colonise us\u2019: Brazil\u2019s Lula warns of foreign interference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has criticised what he called the return of a colonial approach towards developing nations during a summit in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>But while Lula did not mention United States President Donald Trump in his remarks, he gestured at actions undertaken by the Trump administration, including the January 3 abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and the fuel blockade in Cuba.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/26\/lula-trump-discuss-board-of-peace-agree-to-meet-in-washington-brazil\">Lula, Trump discuss \u2018Board of Peace\u2019, agree to meet in Washington: Brazil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/21\/brazils-lula-says-maduro-should-face-trial-in-venezuela-not-us\">Brazil\u2019s Lula says Maduro should face trial in Venezuela, not US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/22\/brazil-does-not-want-a-new-cold-war-says-lula\">Brazil does not want \u2018a new Cold War\u2019, says President Lula<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not possible for someone to think that they own other countries,\u201d Lula said, in an apparent reference to US policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are they doing with Cuba now? What did they do with Venezuela? Is that democratic?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lula delivered his remarks at Saturday\u2019s summit for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which featured a high-level forum with delegates from Africa.<\/p>\n<p>He told delegates that their countries had already experienced being plundered for gold, silver, diamonds and minerals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter taking everything we had, now they want to own the critical minerals and rare earths that we have,\u201d Lula said, without specifying who \u201cthey\u201d might be. \u201cThey want to colonise us again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The left-wing Brazilian president also criticised the ongoing war launched by the US and Israel against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>He drew a parallel between that conflict, which began on February 28, and the US-led Iraq war, which began in 2003 on the pretext of eliminating \u201cweapons of mass destruction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran has been invaded under the pretext that Iran was building a nuclear bomb,\u201d Lula said, before pivoting to the US campaign in Iraq, which resulted in the overthrow of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are Saddam Hussein\u2019s chemical weapons?\u201d Lula asked. \u201cWhere are they? Who found them?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-history-of-intervention\">A history of intervention<\/h2>\n<p>Washington\u2019s history of intervention in Latin America goes back more than 200 years to when then-President James Monroe claimed the hemisphere as part of the US sphere of influence.<\/p>\n<p>While large-scale, overt US involvement in the region mostly petered out after the Cold War, Trump has rekindled the legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Since assuming office last year, Trump has launched boat strikes against alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean, ordered a naval blockade on Venezuelan oil exports, and gotten involved in electoral politics in Honduras and Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Trump imposed a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian goods last year, citing the trial against the country\u2019s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, as a motive. The US has also shown keen interest in Brazil\u2019s rare earth deposits.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on January 3, US forces abducted and imprisoned Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, flying him to New York to face drug and weapons charges.<\/p>\n<p>While such actions have thrilled right-wing leaders across the continent, they have raised fears among left-wing politicians, who have voiced grave concerns over what they see as US bullying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot allow anyone to interfere and violate the territorial integrity of each country,\u201d Lula said Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"frustration-with-the-un\">Frustration with the UN<\/h2>\n<p>Lula, who has said he will run for a fourth, nonconsecutive term in Brazil\u2019s upcoming October elections, also criticised the United Nations for its inability to stop multiple conflicts around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are witnessing is the total and absolute failure of the United Nations,\u201d he said, pointing to the situations in Gaza, Ukraine and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>He called, once again, for reform of the UN Security Council, which is mandated with ensuring international peace and security. But it has failed to stop major conflicts because of the veto power of its five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>There have been decades of efforts to reform the Security Council. But they have all been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whom the US Drug Enforcement Administration has designated a \u201cpriority target\u201d, echoed Lula\u2019s condemnation of the UN.<\/p>\n<p>The body \u201cis acting in impotence, and that is not what it was created for. It was created after World War II precisely to prevent wars. And yet, what we have today is war,\u201d Petro said at the summit.<\/p>\n<p>But the world needs the UN to provide climate solutions and curb global warming, Petro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more serious humanity\u2019s problems become, the fewer tools we have for collective action. And that path leads only to barbarism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Relatively few presidents and prime ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean attended the summit in Colombia, a sign of the continent\u2019s deep divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Those present included the presidents of Brazil, Uruguay, Burundi and Colombia, as well as the prime ministers of Guyana and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, along with deputy ministers, foreign ministers and ambassadors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has criticised what he called the return of a colonial approach towards developing nations during a summit in Colombia. 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