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Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be in Washington D.C. on Friday to pay a short visit to U.S. President Joe Biden. The trip, Lula’s first to the Northern Hemisphere since taking office last month, comes at a moment of particularly good feeling between the U.S. and Brazil.
The Biden administration, after all, was quick to recognize Lula’s victory over Jair Bolsonaro and went to considerable lengths last year to dissuade the far-right former president from attempting to interfere with the country’s democratic processes.
Furthermore, both Lula and President Biden have faced a dogged, anti-democratic opposition at home, stoked by the man they defeated in their respective elections. Among usually shared priorities such as trade and immigration, the defense of democracy itself has emerged as an area of mutual concern.
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