Biden, Lula Focus On Democracy, Climate During Visit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have met at the White House and reflected on how their nations were tested in their respective battles to preserve democracy. The meeting Friday featured Biden declaring that democracy ultimately “prevailed” over the far-right mobs that stormed their governments’ halls of power in an attempt to overturn election victories. Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump in a fraught 2020 race. In Brazil’s recent election, Lula, the leftist leader of the Workers’ Party, squeaked out a win against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who earned the nickname “Trump of the Tropics.” Both victories were later tested by mob attacks.