September 23, 2025 from New York City
The president of Brazil during his speech to the UN General Assembly Photo: United Nations.
“It is unacceptable that Cuba is on the list of state sponsors of terrorism,” Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva said Tuesday in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
During his speech, Lula touched on such important issues as the situation of the Palestinian people, the strengthening of democracy, and climate change, as well as the priorities of Brazilian foreign policy.
He also stressed that “attacks on sovereignty and arbitrary sanctions are becoming the norm” and pointed out that “the democracy of our peoples is not negotiable.”
“There is no justification for unilateral and arbitrary measures against our institutions and our economy. Attacks on the independence of our judiciary are unacceptable. This interference in internal affairs is supported by a servile far right that longs for the hegemony of the past,” he said.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez responded to Lula’s talk and thanked Brazil for its gesture of solidarity on social media and sent the Brazilian people a fraternal embrace.
Cuba and Brazil strengthen cooperation on social and food issues
Meanwhile Cuba and Brazil are opening a high-level forum in Havana on today focused on the exchange of public policies, programs, and strategies on social protection, food sovereignty, and nutritional security.
The meeting will run through Wednesday with the aim of creating a strategic space for building synergies and a concrete agenda for South-South cooperation.
Participants include the Brazilian Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, Paulo Teixeira; the Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger, Wellington Dias; and the director of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency and representative of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ruy Carlos Pereira, among other senior representatives.
As part of the meeting, working groups will be set up to analyze policies, programs, and the management of national social protection, food sovereignty, and food and nutrition security systems.
Efforts will also be made to strengthen agri-food systems, with an emphasis on family farming and sustainable consumption.
The High-Level Meeting on Social Protection, Food Sovereignty, and Food and Nutritional Security Policies reinforces the priority that the Cuban State and Government give to the management of financial, technological, and material resources through international projects, with the aim of strengthening national productive capacities and reducing dependence on imports.
Source: Cubadebate translation Resumen Latinoamericano – English