Padilha criticizes USA after cancellation of visas

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Health Minister said action tries to intimidate those who do not submit to Trump and that the “Bolsonaro clan” influenced the decision

The Health Minister, Alexandre Padilha, criticized on Friday (15.ago.2025) that of his wife and daughter for the United States. He classified the measure as a “Coward act” and stated that it is an attempt to intimidate.

In a published video, Padilha reacted by saying that the measure reaches “A 10 -year -old child” and that the “Bolsonaro clan” influenced the decision.

The minister stressed that currently with Cuban doctors in Brazil, but that the program remains active in dozens of countries, governed by leaders of different political orientations.

He also stated that the United States did not “No criticism” to these other governments.

“This has to do with the attempt to intimidate those who do not lower their heads to Trump, who does not continence to the United States flag”he declared.

Padilha also cited his own childhood, marked by his father’s exile after persecution of the dictatorship.

Said that your daughter will not take the same risk of separation, because Brazil “Defeated the scammers from January 8” And today it is governed by a Democrat.

“The coward attack against my family will not intimidate us”He said.

Canceled Visas

The minister’s wife and daughter were notified by e-mail by the US Consulate in Sao Paulo that their visas. The statement said that “information appeared” that could make it ineligible for the permission to enter the country.

Both are in Brazil and could only travel to the US again if they asked for new visas. The decision does not affect Padilha, whose visa won in 2024.

The State Department had already announced on Wednesday (13.ago) the revocation of visas of employees and former employees of the Brazilian government, as well as family members ,.

Created in 2013, when Padilha headed the Ministry of Health in the Dilma Rousseff administration, the program was classified by Washington as a “coercive scheme of labor export” of the Cuban regime.

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