SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that he will not accept any leader from another country daring "to speak arrogantly to Brazil," and defended the creation of a "Latin American doctrine" to strengthen regional independence from external pressures.

"We want to build a Latin American doctrine, with Latin American teachers and students, so that we can dream of an independent continent, one where no president from another country will ever again dare to speak arrogantly to Brazil, because we will not accept it," Lula said during an event with high school students in Sao Bernardo do Campo municipality.

Regarding the defence of sovereignty, Lula said it is not a matter of courage but a matter of "dignity and character", Xinhua News Agency reported.

The remarks cam

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