Biden Admin to Sway Lula Using Climate, Equity, and Inclusion

The Biden administration is embarking on a diplomatic push to sway Brazilian president Lula da Silva, who has solidified Brazil’s relationships with anti-American dictatorships since taking office. One envoy, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, is visiting Brazil this week with a key weapon in her arsenal: a focus on climate change and the administration’s diversity, equity, and inclusion-centered foreign-policy agenda.

“Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will follow up on two key bilateral policy priorities announced by Presidents Biden and Lula in February: addressing the climate crisis and promoting equity, inclusion, and democratic values in the region and around the world,” a senior U.S. official told reporters during a briefing call yesterday. “Both the United States and Brazil agree: Climate change is one of the existential issues of our time,” the official added.

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The Biden administration is embarking on a diplomatic push to sway Brazilian president Lula da Silva, who has solidified Brazil’s relationships with anti-American dictatorships since taking office. One envoy, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, is visiting Brazil this week with a key weapon in her arsenal: a focus on climate change and the administration’s diversity, equity, and inclusion-centered foreign-policy agenda.

“Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will follow up on two key bilateral policy priorities announced by Presidents Biden and Lula in February: addressing the climate crisis and promoting equity, inclusion, and democratic values in the region and around the world,” a senior U.S. official told reporters during a briefing call yesterday. “Both the United States and Brazil agree: Climate change is one of the existential issues of our time,” the official added.