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Milei said Brazil faces what he called a “Lula risk” and argued the country is heading toward a debt crisis for lack of fiscal adjustment
Argentine President Javier Milei on Saturday endorsed the presidential candidacy of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro at the Liberal Party (PL) National Convention in São Paulo, in a speech with sharp criticism of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that drew rejection from Brazil's governing party and a response from the judiciary.
Speaking at the Pacaembú stadium, where the eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro was formally nominated for the October 4 elections, Milei said Brazil faces what he called a “Lula risk” and argued the country is heading toward a debt crisis for lack of fiscal adjustment. “Wasteful spending gets paid for, and let's hope the one who caused it pays for it by losing at the ballot box in October,” he said. He referred to the Brazilian president using the words “thief,” “convict,” and “totalitarian,” and used disparaging language about the region's left-wing parties.
The Argentine president also criticized the Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruling that prevented his visit to Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years under house arrest for the attempted coup following the 2022 elections. The court had barred visits for political or electoral purposes until the end of the electoral process. Milei publicly insulted Justice Alexandre de Moraes and said his ally was “unjustly imprisoned.”
