巴西总统卢拉抨击美国间谍
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Wednesday criticized U.S. intelligence agencies for spying on Brazilian officials, and for the possible military intervention1 in Syria.
At a debate in Sao Paulo, Lula
vehemently2 condemned3 the U.S. reportedly spying on state-run oil giant Petrobras, and Brazilian top officials, including the
interception4 of President Dilma Rousseff's personal communications.
"We need to take democracy seriously," Lula said. "Did Mr. Obama and his intelligence agencies allow spying on our president's conversations? In the name of what kind of democracy?"
Lula called for greater equality between nations and international organizations, such as the United Nations (UN), to prevent the abuse of authority of this type.
He also criticized the
hierarchy5 that exists within the UN, saying the environment has not changed since the organization was founded in 1948.
"If we do not create global governance that can put Angela Merkel (German Chancellor) and President Dilma on an equal footing, and make multilateral decisions truly taken by everybody, we will have a serious problem," Lula said.
Speaking of the possible U.S. military strike against Syria, in order to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad for allegedly ordering a chemical attack on
civilians6, Lula questioned the authority of the U.S.to do so.
He compared the Syrian crisis with the U.S. war on Iraq, which was launched after
alleging7 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Lula said it was an
accusation8 which has never been proven.
Former president Lula criticized unilateral decisions which lack the backing of the international community, pointing to the proposed military strike, stating, "The world cannot be a victim of the actions of a single country."
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