“I think we are social animals, in some way. Valeria and I recently witnessed a very sad case of this.

We were able to visit Lula, the most important political prisoner in the world, imprisoned shortly before the election he would almost certainly have won, in the final stage of the right-wing coup that has been going on for several years.

The charges are ridiculous. He is in solitary confinement, with no access to any printed material, very limited visiting rights, a television tuned to a state channel, and forbidden from making any public statement.

A 12-year sentence, but with the current neofascist government in power, he may succumb to some ‘mysterious illness’. It is shocking how little attention is being paid to this in the world.”