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A group of petist federal deputies wants the Lula administration, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, declares the president of the United States, as persona non grata in Brazil.
The request was submitted by the deputies (PT-PB) and (PT-RS), through, and has the support of others 20 of the 67 members of the PT bench.
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In the request, the deputies cite the “perpetrated aggressions” by Trump against Brazilians, such as the tariff and the revocation of visas of authorities, such as the Minister of STF Alexandre de Moraes.
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These sanctions, evaluate the deputies, demand a “diplomatic measure of an energetic and proportional character” against the US President. According to them, the “persona non grata” statement would be the most appropriate answer.
“The measure in scope does not represent an act of hostility on the part of Brazil, but of legitimate defense of its sovereignty and the dignity of its institutions. The omission of the Brazilian state in the face of an aggression of such magnitude would create a dangerous and unacceptable precedent, signaling to the world a supposed willingness to tolerate the violation of its independence. the powers of the Republic, ”says the petista
In February 2024, Brazil suffered a similar retaliation from Israel. At the time, Lula was declared “Persona non grata” by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, for comparing the action against Palestinians to the Holocaust.
