They canceled an event that was being organized along with the (Brazilian Air Force) and signaled that they should also be left out of the Navy’s main exercise, Operation Formosa.
Washington distancing signs worry, which attempts to shield the strategic military cooperation sector of the crisis that was installed between Brazil and the US in the presidency of Donald Trump.
Southcom (Southern Command) planned to hold along with the FAB the 2025 edition of the Space Conference of the Americas. The conference, which would also gather other countries on the continent, was designed to take place from July 29 to 31 in Brasilia.
“The event was canceled by a US decision on July 23,” the FAB said in a statement.
Sought, the Southern Command of the US did not respond until the publication of this report.
It would be the fourth edition of the meeting. Last year, the event took place in Miami, United States, and was attended by ten invited countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
According to the Southcom website, the main objective of the annual conference is to boost cooperation in the space sector – not only in its military dimension, but also in the economic, telecommunications, research and navigation areas.
A Sheet He talked to different people aware of the organization of the meeting. Although the US did not explain the reason for the cancellation, the decision has been interpreted as another reflection of the crisis between governments (PT) and.
The US president accused the Lula government and the (Supreme Court) of promoting a “witch hunt” against former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), defendant in the coup plot. His government also imposed, from the Supreme Court, and have revoked visas from the magistrate and other members of the Court and also of employees who worked on the program.
On the economic front, Trump applied one. The dialogue channels with Washington’s main authorities are blocked, Lula and his ministers said.
The consequences of the crisis between countries should also affect the Formosa Operation – the Brazilian Navy of Brazil.
The Navy mobilizes about 2,000 military personnel for this year’s exercise, with more than 100 vehicles and eight helicopters transported to Formosa (GO).
Since 2023, American Marines have sent a troop portion to military exercise. Last year, the entourage was 56 US military. It was a.
Three people alongside the operation’s preparations said to Sheet that American Naval Marines did not respond to the invitation of the Brazilian Navy to participate in Operation Formosa. China’s Naval Marine Corps warned that it will not participate in the military exercise.
Americans have been attending the Brazilian Cerrado operation for about ten years. They participated in the level of observers and increased cooperation two years ago. Consulted, the Brazilian Navy did not respond.
There is resistance within the Lula government itself to the participation of American troops in Formosa. A wing of the president’s advisers made the assessment that it was inappropriate to perform exercises with military personnel of a nation that is applying sanctions against Brazil.
The assessment made in the Navy is that US removal scraps are also related to the narrowing of military ties between Brazil and China.
The Chinese began to send troops to joint military exercises in Brazil in the last year. On the Brazilian side, the government decided, with the first time sending a general officer for adidance in the embassy.
The signs sent by the Americans with the cancellation of events and the possible withdrawal of troops from military exercises do not, however, represent a break in military cooperation between the two countries, three general officers said under reserve.
As an example, they cite that the US Armed Forces sent freighters to Campo Grande (MS) at the end of July for the Tapio joint exercise, whose focus are simulations of irregular war, electronics and peace missions.
The army also advances in November the Core 2025 in November. It is a joint military exercise between Brazil and the United States focused on standardizing procedures between forces in joint operations and peace missions. For now, in this case, there are no complications in the planning, according to members of the Ministry of Defense.
Americans’ dissatisfaction gestures take place months after the first visit to Brazil of the US Southern Command, Admiral. The meeting with the Brazilian military had
The United States asked Holsey to visit an army base in Rio Branco, Acre. General officers on the Brazilian side were surprised by the specific request for visiting this base, which does not usually receive foreign authorities. There was an attempt to redirect the agenda to Manaus, but the Americans did not accept – which restricted Holsey’s commitments to Brasilia.
