Lula pushes back on Trump’s peace plan, urges focus on Gaza and signals visit to the U.S. – Brasil de Fato
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he held a new conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a post published on his official X account on Monday (26).
In the statement, Lula said the discussion covered bilateral relations between Brazil and the United States as well as key items on the global agenda.
“We exchanged views on the situation in Venezuela,” Lula wrote. The neighboring country was invaded by U.S. troops on January 3, 2025, when its president, Nicolás Maduro, was abducted on orders from Trump. “I stressed the importance of preserving peace and stability in the region and of working for the well-being of the Venezuelan people,” Lula added.
According to the post, the conversation also addressed the proposal put forward by the U.S. president to create a Board of Peace during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Lula said he used the opportunity to reiterate Brazil’s long-standing position in favor of reforming the United Nations.
“Regarding the Board of Peace, I proposed that the body put forward by the United States be limited to addressing the situation in Gaza and that it include a seat for Palestine,” Lula said. “In this context, I reaffirmed the importance of a comprehensive reform of the United Nations, including the expansion of permanent members of the Security Council.”
Last Friday (23), during the closing ceremony of the 14th National Meeting of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) in Salvador, in the state of Bahia, Lula publicly criticized Trump’s proposal for a Board of Peace. At the time, he accused the U.S. president of seeking to create a new international body under his own control.
“The rule of the strongest is prevailing, the UN Charter is being torn up, and instead of correcting the UN, something we have demanded since my first presidency in 2003, with reforms that include new permanent members [on the Security Council], such as Mexico, Brazil and African countries, what is happening is that President Trump is proposing to create a new UN in which he alone would be in charge,” Lula said.
Despite adopting a conciliatory tone toward the U.S. president in recent months, Lula has not yet formally responded to Trump’s invitation to take part in the proposed Board of Peace.
At the end of his post, the Brazilian president said he plans to travel to Washington “after my trip to India and South Korea in February, on a date to be set soon.”
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