The , should travel to São Paulo and Brasília next week for an agenda that includes a meeting with the senator and pre-candidate for President (PL) and commitments linked to the Brazilian electoral process.
The information was confirmed by sources linked to former federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL). The objective of , critic of the Lula government and the minister of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) Alexandre de Moraes, would be to understand the functioning of the Brazilian electoral system. This will be his first trip to Brazil as an advisor to Donald Trump’s government.
The American remains close to Eduardo Bolsonaro and journalist Paulo Figueiredo. Allies of Bolsonarism in Brazil, they have intensified requests for the international community to monitor the Brazilian electoral process. The mobilization comes after the Trump administration backed away from applying sanctions against Moraes with
Beattie will also deal with court decisions that determined the blocking of profiles on social networks as part of investigations into “fake news” and digital militias conducted by the STF. He must still have a broad agenda with the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), which from June onwards will be commanded by nominees of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), with the minister.
The American’s confirmation to the post of senior policy advisor for Brazil took place at the end of February. The American advisor has already called Moraes “”. Following the imposition of Magnitsky Act sanctions on Moraes, Eduardo thanked Beattie for his efforts in a publication in X. The American is also acting assistant secretary for cultural affairs at the department.
In the capital of São Paulo, he will participate in a . The American government has been negotiating preferential supply agreements for this type of resource with several countries.
Brazil, which has the second largest reserves of rare earths in the world, has resisted exclusivity agreements and seeks counterparts in investments for the local processing of ores — the State Department has already stated that the US is interested in processing the raw materials.
Another subject that should permeate Beattie’s first trip to Brazil is organized crime. As a UOL report showed, the United States is expected to declare the CV (Comando Vermelho) and PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) factions as terrorist organizations in the coming days, a decision that goes against the efforts of the Brazilian government.
The Lula government delivered a proposal to combat organized crime at the end of last year to the State Department. However, according to sources close to the organization, the plan was considered inadequate because, among other reasons, it did not contain the declaration of factions as terrorist groups.
In February last year, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel were classified as “foreign terrorist organizations.” After the designation, the Trump administration began asserting that the crews were made up of “narco-terrorists.”
Lula is trying to plan a visit to Trump in Washington — the Brazilian president himself had already announced this intention for mid-March. However, as the Sheet showed, with the meeting being postponed until April. Lula has already signaled that he should use the meeting with the Republican to discuss security issues.
