Israeli FM called ‘racist’ ahead of Brazil visit

AFP
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

JERUSALEM — A senior member of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s party described Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as a “racist” just as the controversial ultra-nationalist was beginning a Latin America tour.

“Lieberman is a racist and a fascist,” Valter Pomar, secretary of international relations for Lula’s Workers Party (PT), told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in an interview published on Tuesday.

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“The Brazilian left is organising protests against him and against the policy he represents,” Pomar was quoted as saying.

A spokesman for the Brazilian foreign ministry told the Haaretz that the statement “certainly does not represent the government’s position.”

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