Lula, Brazil, and BRICS: Anatomy of a Betrayal – An update 01/04/2025: Was it worth it?

With gratitude to our dear friend: Quantum Bird

As the Biden administration was coming to an end, when it was already clear that a new Democratic administration in the US was unfeasible and a new phase of geopolitical instability was on the horizon, the Lula government vetoed Venezuela’s accession to BRICS. It was widely recognized that Lula had acted in the interests of the US, and that the veto represented just another step in the consolidation of the economic and geopolitical siege of Venezuela by the occidental imperialism. A little over a year later, the consequences of the erratic political calculations guided by the cretinism and vassal mentality that characterizes the current Brazilian government are beginning to materialize. We are referring to the US attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

Displaying a rare ability to act stupidly in multiple directions simultaneously, Lula and his administration have managed to create the worst possible scenario for themselves:

1- Compromising their political capital in the BRICS.

2- Compromising national security by creating favorable conditions for the accumulation of US military force in the region.

3- Sabotaging Venezuela economically and politically in the benefit of the US and against the interests of China, Russia, and Brazil itself – all members of BRICS.

4- Eroding his already fragile domestic political stature by paying the same political price he would have paid if he had avoided sabotaging the Maduro government. Now, Lula is facing a media massacre, as he cannot engage in any other rhetoric than condemning US intervention.

5- And, last but not least: Lula is now more cornered than ever, as it is clear that the same conditions that led to the widespread betrayal that resulted in Maduro’s capture are in place in Brazil as well. This is evident in the explicit pro-US activism of sectors of the national armed forces, parliamentarians and other authorities, as well as broad sectors of the middle class and national elites.

This leads us to the only valid question we could ask: was it worth acting like a traitor?

Below, find the links to the article we published at the time of the veto on Venezuela’s accession to the BRICS:

* Portuguese version available at Saker LatAm:

https://sakerlatam.blog/lula-brasil-e-brics-anatomia-de-uma-traicao/

* English version available at Sovereignista: https://sovereignista.com/2024/10/25/lula-brasil-and-brics-anatomy-of-a-betrayal/

* Versión en español disponible en Misión Verdad: https://misionverdad.com/globalistan/lula-brasil-y-brics-anatomia-de-una-traicion

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Postscript: January 5, 2025 – The turmoil has already begun

1. https://www.correiodamanha.com.br/colunistas/tales-faria/2026/01/246333-para-militares-apos-venezuela-eua-podem-querer-a-margem-equatorial.html

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Portuguese version of this article on Saker Latinoamerica: https://sakerlatam.blog/lula-brasil-e-brics-anatomia-de-uma-traicao-atualizacao-04-01-2025-valeu-a-pena/