The two leaders remain split on the conflict in Ukraine, with the White House questioning whether peace talks are “appropriate”
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has met with his US counterpart Joe Biden, their first face-to-face discussion since Lula’s election win last year. While Brazil’s leader proposed a path to end fighting in Ukraine, the Biden administration all but rejected the idea.
Meeting at the White House on Friday, the two leaders put heavy focus on climate change and the “defense of democracy,” after Brazil faced a wave of chaotic unrest in the wake of its presidential election last year.
“Both our nations’ strong democracies have been tested of late – very much tested – and our institutions were put in jeopardy,” Biden said at the beginning of the talks, referring to the US’ own bout of unrest following its 2020 presidential race. “But both in the United States and Brazil, democracy…
