ANTALYA, Türkiye — Forget the U.S. midterm elections. A new election has captured the attention of diplomats during global climate negotiations in Türkiye.
Newly re-elected Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received a hero’s welcome wherever he appeared at the UN conference in Antalya on Wednesday.
Delegates burst into spontaneous applause and chants of “Olé, olé, olé, olé, Lula, Lula!” when the 81-year-old socialist went to a forest protection event with his entourage.
Ed Miliband the British Foreign Secretary, described it as “the party of the victory of President Lula’s COP”. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store praised Lula’s “tremendous leadership”.
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