Brazil’s Lula Urges Latin America and Africa to Unite Against ‘Recolonization’ Threat
March 25, 2026
President Lula just delivered a powerful wake-up call at the CELAC-Africa Forum in Bogotá. He warned that after centuries of being plundered for gold and silver, Latin American and African nations are now facing a new wave of recolonization.
He made it clear: Latin America and Africa aren’t anyone’s backyard anymore. While the U.S. and Israel keep the world distracted with wars in Gaza and Lebanon, the real play is a grab for the Global South’s minerals and wealth. Lula slammed the UN as a total failure and told developing nations to stop enriching the people who want to control them.
The message is simple: stand together or get swallowed up again.
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English Script:
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: Everyone in this assembly knows their country has been looted of all the gold it had, all the silver it had, all the diamonds it had, all the minerals it had. After taking everything we had, now they want to control the critical minerals and rare earth metals that we still have, perhaps in Bolivia. They are already circling Bolivia too, because they’ve already taken almost everything from there. Now that Bolivia has critical minerals, this is Bolivia’s chance. It is the chance for Africa and Latin America not to accept being just exporters of minerals for them. In other words, those who want access must set up and produce in our countries, so we have a chance to develop. We were colonized, we fought for independence, we achieved democracy, we lost democracy. And now they want to colonize us again. That would mean we will have no chance. Now that we can aspire to take a leap forward in producing alternative fuels.
President Lula was speaking at a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders that included delegates from Africa.
The U.S. has intervened in Latin America for over 200 years.
Now it’s racing to secure minerals needed for laptops and other technology. Over 60% of the world’s supply of Lithium is in Latin America.
