Pres. Ortega | "Lula, the way you've behaved is a shame"
Statements by President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, at the ALBA-TCP Extraordinary Summit. teleSUR
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00:00Well, they say that we have to have new elections in Venezuela. Brazil is saying so.
00:18Lula.
00:19I met him in Brazil after the victory. We went there to visit him as leader of the trade union movement with a lot of love.
00:49Lula thinks that this could be settled through dialogue.
01:02Whoever is there to talk, that person will be always speaking on behalf of the gringos.
01:26They will never accept the win of Bolivarian revolution.
01:33After a commemoration of the revolution here, we invited Lula.
01:38And then we introduced Fidel, a strong personality. Lula has as leader of the workers, then also organizing the party.
02:00But I understand the constraints Lula has.
02:13There is an article that says that in the foreign ministry of Brazil there are only neoliberals and rightists.
02:35And these guys are willing to fight us.
02:42Lula went to visit the Pope.
02:52And the Brazilian foreign ministry.
03:05He wanted to speak.
03:12Because he had a message from the Pope.
03:35If the Vatican wants to speak to us, there is no reason to use intermediaries.
03:46They can't talk to us.
03:50Through the foreign minister of Berlin, we could talk.
03:55And we have been very clear.
04:03So we really don't need intermediaries.
04:07We didn't ask Lula to be an intermediary between the Pope and us.
04:12So we didn't answer Lula until he was not happy.
04:17But then, in an interview, someone asked him
04:27that why the dictator, after being a revolutionary, has become another Somoza.
04:45That was the question posed to Lula by the journalist.
04:52And he answered
04:57He said that he is no longer who he used to be.
05:13He is another dictator.
05:21So what can you expect from Lula?
05:27In this case.
05:36He has been ruling for two terms now.
05:47So apparently you like to be president.
05:51President of this great country.
05:58In the region, you like to become the representative of the Yankees in the region.
06:03That's why we broke relations with Brazil.
06:09It might be a powerful country, but we are a small country.
06:21We don't have the power of the Brazilian economy.
06:27But we have something which is more worthy.
06:32Dignity and the defense of our sovereignty.
06:37And Lula, the way you have behaved
06:47in relation to the legitimate president of Venezuela
06:54is a shame.
07:02It's a shame.
07:11Repeating the very narrative of the Green Girls,
07:24of Europe and of the treasonous countries of Latin America.
07:35And don't tell me that your government was extraordinary.
07:42I mean, you had a good government the first time.
07:47But I remember also the Lava Jato scandal, corruption scandals,
07:54during your administration.
08:01So we cannot say that your administration was very proper.
08:08And I can say many other things.
08:18If you want my respect, you have to respect me.
08:23If you want the Bolivarian people to respect you,
08:27respect the victory of President Maduro.