Watch: Video of Brazilian president ‘stealing’ pens during G20 summit splits internet
Screengrab from the viral video
A video featuring Lula da Silva has gone viral on the internet which shows the Brazilian president pocketing a handful of pens during the closing of the recent G20 summit held in India.
The president can be seen handing the pens over to his wife in the viral video. The first lady also looked eager to put the pens in her purse.
President Silva and First Lady Rosângela da Silva arrived in New Delhi on September 9 to participate in the G20 Summit. Brazil is set to take over the presidency of the Group of 20 bloc on December 1, 2023.
Reactions on social media
Lula’s act, caught on camera, ended up dividing the internet big time, with many Indians taking to X to say they found nothing wrong in the video.
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“He’s just taking a few good souvenirs from a conference. Doesn’t need this kind of judgement. Those must be some unique pen / pencils with logo etc meant for guests only, that he took for memory sake. Hardly a fortune! India doesn’t mind,” wrote Maj Manik on X.
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“Those were souvenirs. Gifts from India to Brazil. Leave him alone. We wanted him to have those,” wrote another user named Abhinav Khare.
“Were Indian Pens irresistible or Lula too greedy?” quipped ‘IndiGenBharat.’
Reactions from Brazilians were not so kind though!
A Brazilian user Carlos Vezzelli wrote on X, “Once a thief, always a thief”
“Always the thief. He simply cannot help himself,” wrote a user named Douglas Armstrong.
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