According to the daily La Politica Online Sept. 11, the Brazilian strategist responsible for Lula da Silva’s electoral victory in 2022, Edinho Silva, is now working with the campaign of Argentina’s Sergio Massa, presidential candidate of the ruling Union for the Fatherland (UP). Bringing Silva into the campaign coincided with the official “relaunching” of Massa’s campaign Sept. 9 in the northern capital of Tucuman, which also included a shakeup in the campaign’s top leadership.
On Aug. 28, as soon as Lula returned from the Aug. 22-24 BRICS summit in South Africa, he met with Massa in Brasilia for one day, during which he questioned Massa intensively on how the election campaign was going against lunatic fascist Javier Milei, telling the candidate, “It’s your responsibility to win, do what you must, but win.” At this point, polls indicate that the Oct. 22 elections will result in a runoff between Massa and Milei and that the third candidate, neoliberal Patricia Bullrich, will be eliminated.
Milei has sworn that should he win, he’ll cut ties with “communist” Brazil and China, prevent Argentina from joining the BRICS, and pull out of the four-nation Mercosur customs union, among other things. Lula, who was responsible for securing the invitation to Argentina to join the BRICS, warns that a Milei victory “would set Latin America back 40 years.” He is prepared to do everything possible to assist Massa in defeating Milei, whom he calls “crazier than Bolsonaro,” another fascist lunatic, who preceded Lula in office.
