Lula’s speech was interrupted after a technical problem and leaves the stage in Foz do Iguaçu
A technical problem interrupted the speech of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) during the inauguration of the Integration Bridge, which connects Brazil and Paraguay, this Friday, 19th. When the president was speaking, his microphone seemed to stop working and he left the stage set up by the Presidency team, appearing irritated.
The transmission made by EBC experienced problems throughout the president’s participation. At one point, the microphone stopped. Lula spent a few minutes in silence on the stage waiting and even rehearsed his speech a few times.
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In the end, when the broadcast still did not capture any audio of the president’s speech, he said something to the audience, handed over the microphone and left irritated. He went to meet activists who were on the side of the stage.
The Estadão/Broadcast team contacted the Presidency’s Social Communication Secretariat (Secom) to ask about the origin of the technical problem and whether the speech would be resumed, but received no response.
During the time that Lula was able to speak, which was around nine minutes, he stated that the construction of the bridge in Foz do Iguaçu is intended to make the Brazilian and Paraguayan economies grow. The president also took the opportunity to snipe the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
“This means that, for us Brazilians and for Paraguay, what matters to us is that both economies grow. There is a president wanting to build a wall so that the poor cannot cross into his country. There are people wanting to make war so as not to allow someone else to pass by their side, we here, Latin Americans, tell the world that we are for peace”, he stated.
The bridge inaugurated by Lula connects the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu (PR) and the Paraguayan city of Presidente Franco. From this Saturday, the roads will be open to truck traffic. In a video released by the Presidency, Lula said that in the Mercosur region there is no talk of war, but rather peace. His quote was in reference to the military tension between the United States and Venezuela, in the Caribbean Sea.
Lula will remain in Foz do Iguaçu until this Saturday to participate in the Mercosur Council meeting. The meeting between heads of state will not take place as expected, as there will be no signing of the agreement between the South American economic bloc and the European Union.
