"Lula: ‘Trump has no right to wake up in the morning and threaten a country’

In an exclusive interview with EL PAÍS in Brasília, the Brazilian president discusses global turmoil, elections against another Bolsonaro, his career, and his visit to Spain to meet with Pedro Sánchez and other international leaders

Q. Some believe that this won’t be resolved in the short or medium term and that it’s advisable to rearm to prevent abuse by the superpowers.

‎A. That is the problem. Everyone feels compelled to rearm. In Brazil, we believed in disarmament and enacted a Constitution in 1988 that prohibits the manufacture of nuclear weapons. What happened? The United States did not disarm, nor did Russia. China built them. And India. And Pakistan. And North Korea. And here we are, almost defenseless, with a land border of 16,800 kilometers [10,440 miles] and another 8,500 kilometers [5,280 miles] of coastline. But I don’t want to invest in weapons; I want to invest in books, in food, in jobs."
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https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-16/lula-trump-has-no-right-to-wake-up-in-the-morning-and-threaten-a-country.html

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„[H]amas told regional mediators that it would not engage in talks on the 2nd phase until Israel fully implemented the terms of the first phase.

Israel has said it will not move forward without progress on Hamas's disarmament.

The first phase of Trump's peace plan halted the war, returned all Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian …

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4vvxxg8lgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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„President Trump’s Board of Peace is demanding that Hamas finalize an agreement to demilitarize Gaza by the end of this week, according to four diplomats (…).

If Gaza is demilitarized, Israeli forces would withdraw from much or all of the territory, according to an internal Board of Peace document obtained by The New York Times and authenticated by two officials. (…)“

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/middleeast/trump-board-of-peace-hamas-disarmament.html

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„Palestinian militant group Hamas has told mediators it will not discuss giving up arms without guarantees that Israel will fully quit Gaza as laid out in a #disarmament plan from U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace", three sources told Reuters.
Hamas' disarmament is a sticking point in talks to implement Trump's plan for the Palestinian enclave (…).“

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/hamas-wants-guarantees-of-israeli-troop-withdrawal-before-disarmament-talks-sources-say

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“Collapsing Empire: The Resistance Disarms Israel”

by Kit Klarenberg in Global Delinquents on Substack

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“The Resistance shows no signs of slowing its onslaught, with every indication Tehran’s munitions production continues apace in wartime. Even the Western media has acknowledged Iran’s drone and missile arsenal costs a fraction to produce of the past and future outlay involved in shooting them down. Per #RUSI, the war on Iran has exposed a ‘critical vulnerability’ at the core of the #Empire’s warfighting capabilities: a ‘strategically ruinous cost-exchange ratio that the West’s industrial capacity is not prepared to sustain’.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/kitklarenberg/p/collapsing-empire-the-resistance

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„The 12-point plan makes no mention of Palestinian statehood or independence.
A Hamas official said the group was studying the document.“

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/hamas-disarmament-plan-sees-gazas-tunnels-destroyed-arms-given-up-in-stages-text-shows

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„The Gaza envoy for US President Donald Trump’s new “Board of Peace” initiative urged #UNSecurityCouncil members to pressure the militant group Hamas to disarm, as part of a ceasefire to end over two years of war.“

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/trumps-board-of-peace-gaza-envoy-urges-hamas-to-disarm-without-delay

See also:

„Plan to Disarm Hamas in Gaza Is Detailed at U.N.“

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/middleeast/gaza-disarm-hamas-israel-board-of-peace.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V1A.lUEl.Fab6j_ANWmdl&smid=nytcore-ios-share