The government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has the intensification of political polarization in the United States, with low approval by President Donald Trump and loud bias in Lula’s popularity to try to escape the American tariff. Interlocutors involved in the subject state that this moment should be used by reinforcing contacts with opposition to Trump.
The assessment is that, with the conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro for the Federal Supreme Court (STF), on Thursday, the crisis climbed, with the increase of threats and attacks on the Brazilian judiciary. As soon as Bolsonaro’s trial ended, Trump stated that the Supreme’s decision was “terrible.” On social networks, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, signaled that new sanctions should be applied to Brazilian authorities, and his deputy, Christopher Landau, wrote that relations between Brazil and the US are in the “darkest point in two centuries.”
With the doors of the White House closed, Brazilian diplomats and negotiators seek not only parliamentarians of the Democratic Party. They have maintained contacts with the congressmen of the so -called “Caucus Brazil” – informal group of deputies and senators, democrats and republicans (Trump’s subtitle), with interest in topics related to Brazil.
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Lula government members claim that contacts with Washington to negotiate an agreement that expands the number of Brazilian products free of 50% in force since last month, but are unsuccessful. Even Bolsonaro’s trial, the White House conditioned a conversation to the filing of the lawsuit against the former president.
With the condemnation of the former president at 27 years in prison, it is not known what the US will do from now on. New sanctions against Brazilian authorities are expected to be adopted. Today, the main target is STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who is rapporteur of the action against Bolsonaro.
Given this scenario, the strategy is to raise support from those who are open to dialogue with the Brazilian government – in this case, the opposition. According to diplomats heard by the globe, the impression is that the Democrats realized the relevance of the theme and the “stark absurd” that is this offensive against Brazil.
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A movement celebrated in Brasilia was from a group of American Democratic deputies who published a letter on Thursday night, which accuses Trump of using the tariff against Brazil to protect Bolsonaro. The US should support the Brazilian people and not interfere with Brazilian democratic institutions, “having imposed an illegal rate of 50% to the country to manipulate this judicial process.”
