Why is Lula still silent on Brazil’s ‘Bill of devastation?’ (commentary)

Mongabay
Jul 8, 2025, 5:31 pm213 pts
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was silent while the “bill of devastation” (formally PL 2159/2021) moved through the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, and passed by a vote of 290 to 115 on May 13. The silence continued while the Senate, the upper house, added damaging…

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