Brésil : réclamer la liberté de Lula da Silva c’est défendre la démocratie

A statement by Friends of the Earth International arguing that the imprisonment of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva is a political maneuver by dominant classes to prevent his candidacy in the October elections and to dismantle progress for the working class.

• The arrest of Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva is characterized as an illegal and unconstitutional act intended to prevent him from running in the national elections in October. The document asserts that the legal proceedings were a "mise en scène" to block a candidate who holds an 80% approval rating in certain regions.
• The imprisonment of Lula is viewed as the second stage of a 2016 coup that removed President Dilma Roussef. This process is described as a move to privatize Brazil and benefit bankers, transnational corporations, and the conservative elite, specifically benefiting oil companies like Shell, Exxon, and BP through modified offshore oil legislation.
• Under the administration of Michel Temer, the document claims there has been a significant regression in social rights, including the suppression of credits for family farming, the dismantling of social programs for women, and a constitutional amendment that freezes public spending on health and education for twenty years.
• The document highlights a surge in violence against human rights defenders in Brazil, citing the March 14 assassination of municipal councilor Marielle Franco and the January 24 killing of MST leader Márcio Oliveira Matos. It references a Front Line Defenders report stating that Brazil and Colombia had the highest number of human rights defender murders in Latin America in 2017, with 156 deaths in Brazil.

APA

admin (2018). Brésil : réclamer la liberté de Lula da Silva c’est défendre la démocratie. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/fr/bresil-reclamer-la-liberte-de-lula-da-silva-cest-defendre-la-democratie/

Chicago

admin. Brésil : réclamer la liberté de Lula da Silva c’est défendre la démocratie. Friends of the Earth International, 2018. https://www.foei.org/fr/bresil-reclamer-la-liberte-de-lula-da-silva-cest-defendre-la-democratie/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=Brésil : réclamer la liberté de Lula da Silva c’est défendre la démocratie |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=31 May 2018 |url=https://www.foei.org/fr/bresil-reclamer-la-liberte-de-lula-da-silva-cest-defendre-la-democratie/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2018brsil, author = {admin}, title = {{Brésil : réclamer la liberté de Lula da Silva c’est défendre la démocratie}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2018}, month = may, url = {https://www.foei.org/fr/bresil-reclamer-la-liberte-de-lula-da-silva-cest-defendre-la-democratie/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }