Report of Estadão He revealed on Friday (26) that the UN General Assembly would not have been the result of chance, as the two governments publicly supported. According to the newspaper, it was the result of a series of discreet negotiations conducted by high-ranking authorities from Brasilia and Washington over the past few weeks.
O Estadão He learned that Vice President and Minister of Industry, Geraldo Alckmin, held a video conferencing with US commercial representative Jamieson Greer on September 11 amid the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro by the Supreme Court. At the meeting, which was not registered on the authorities’ agendas, commercial guidelines were discussed and the future of the bilateral relationship, but also signs of opening for a larger political dialogue.
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A few days later, on September 15, chancellor Mauro Vieira received in Rio de Janeiro Richard Grenell, Special Envoy of Trump, at a reserved meeting. According to sources heard by the newspaper, the conversation served to align expectations and maintain “open channels” for an interaction between presidents during the General Assembly in New York.
The report points out that the contacts remained confidential to avoid sabotage, especially from Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), who operates in the US with allies of the Maga Movement to block approximations. “The chemistry between Lula and Trump didn’t paint a random,” writes the newspaper, stressing that there was a script prepared for them to cross in reserved areas of the UN.
O Estadão It also cites Brazilian diplomats and entrepreneurs, who would have mobilized behind the scenes to unlock communication channels with Washington, amid the escalating diplomatic crisis caused by White House sanctions against STF authorities.