Brazil, G20 Summit kicked off in Rio de Janeiro

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*President Lula launched the Global Alliance against hunger and poverty *G20 Summit takes place under the theme “Building a just world and a sustainable planet”

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00:00The G20 summit, a group that brings together the 19 main economies of the world, the European

00:08Union and the African Union, started this Monday in Rio de Janeiro.

00:12Fifty-five delegations and representatives from 40 countries, including guests, are participating

00:18in the meeting.

00:19The meeting is closed to the public, who on the other side of the street watched the arrival

00:23of the leaders and sent them a message.

00:26The United States is present in countries waging war, massacring peoples and plundering

00:32wealth.

00:36At the opening of the meeting, Brazilian President Lula da Silva launched the Global Alliance

00:41Against Hunger and Poverty with 148 adherents, 82 countries in all.

00:46The goal of the partnership is to benefit 500 million people in the poorest countries

00:51through public policies for income distribution by 2030.

00:54The Inter-American Development Bank announced a donation of 25 billion dollars.

00:59At the last minute, the president of Argentina decided to sign the pact and managed to be

01:04in the photo of the Global Alliance.

01:13Although he announced that he was not going to sign, the president of Argentina signed

01:18the Global Pact Against Hunger.

01:21This is a first positive sign from this president of adherence to the Global Pact, and now we

01:28will see how the Mercosur will be.

01:34The meeting in Rio de Janeiro is being held under the theme of building a just world and

01:40a sustainable planet.

01:42But the G20 countries account for 85% of the gross domestic product and are the biggest

01:47polluters on the planet.

01:48For Lula da Silva, it is essential to tame the super-rich in order to find the resources

01:59to face the major global problems.

02:05From Iraq to Ukraine, from Bosnia to Gaza, the perception that not all territories deserve

02:11to have their integrity respected and not all lives have the same value has been consolidated.

02:19Disastrous interventions to subvert order in Afghanistan and Libya, indifference has

02:25relegated Sudan and Haiti to oblivion.

02:32The summit will end this Tuesday, after a series of activities that began a year ago.

02:38In the midst of wars, genocide, climate crisis, what consensus will emerge among the world's

02:44richest countries?

02:48Brazil.

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