The Minister of Health (PT), said on Tuesday (19) that the sanction imposed by the United States government, does not prevent him from eventual events linked to the UN General Assembly, scheduled for September in New York.
Padilha, however, said he still evaluates whether to go to the event because of the Ministry of Health’s agenda. He said the government’s priority is to work for approving the MP (Provisional Measure) that creates the program, which loses its validity if not approved by 26 September.
The minister had a visa overdue and was not hit by the measure. He stated that he could still travel to the US because he would agree that he would allow the entry of invited authorities to events such as the UN in the country ruled by Donald Trump.
“In relation to both UN and PAHO [Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde, sediada em Washington]there is the so -called headquarters agreement, in which no country in the world can prevent the access of an invited authority to the event where it will be headquartered, “said Padilha.
The UN General Assembly will also promote the meeting of authorities to discuss the prevention and control of chronic diseases, as well as mental health.
Last week, Minister Padilha’s 10 -year -old daughter and daughter had a visa for canceled them, according to the country’s own consulate in Sao Paulo to the family. The measure was taken two days after the State Department of the Government cancel the travel documents of Brazilian employees who implemented the Mais Médicos program because of the already extinct partnership of the program with Cuba.
Padilha said he doesn’t want to “go to Disney” but have relatives living in the United States. “The biggest impact on my family is that I have a brother who is an American citizen who lives in the United States has my father’s wife. When he was in exile [nos Estados Unidos]I met her before I met him, “said Padilha.
Anivaldo Padilha, father of the minister, by. He was exiled in Chile, USA and Switzerland. “I also commented to my daughter. I lived eight years unable to see my father because I had a dictatorship in the country. Fortunately, today my daughter can see her father, she may be with her father, her cousin can leave the United States and come to Brazil,” Padilha said.
The removal of the visas occurs on the wake of US measures from the Supreme Court, taken on the grounds that the judge has censored US companies and citizens and promoted a “witch hunt” to former President Jair Bolsonaro.
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