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PREVIEW: Ernesto Araújo: Brazil's Lula da Silva distances himself from "terror cartel" leader Maduro to project a democratic image globally, avoiding association with Venezuela's problematic regime. MORE LATER.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: Ernesto Araújo: Brazil's Lula da Silva distances himself from "terror cartel" leader Maduro to project a democratic image globally, avoiding association with Venezuela's problematic regime.  MORE LATER.
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0:00.0

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0:01.9

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0:04.1

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0:17.9

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0:20.8

This is John Batchel, conversation with colleague Ernesto Aruja,

0:24.8

former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Brazil. He served the Bolsonaro government.

0:29.2

Here he comments on Lula de Silva, making a strange, strange evolution.

0:34.5

When Maduro and Lula first joined each other after Lula's third presidential election,

0:42.3

they were sympathico. In fact, it was Petro of Colombia, Maduro of Venezuela, and Lula de Silva

0:51.2

standing as a big three.

0:59.1

Now Petra's wandered into unhappiness, profound unhappiness.

1:00.3

He's unhappy.

1:01.9

His legislature is unhappy.

1:04.2

The people of Colombia are unhappy.

1:09.2

Maduro is now declared a terrorist of a leading terror cartel,

1:12.7

narco-terror cartel called the Cartel of the Sun.

1:15.6

And Lula de Silva doesn't take their phone calls.

1:16.3

We could guess.

1:17.6

We don't know.

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