Darren Battie asked to visit the former president at Papudinha, but Alexandre de Moraes denied the request after analyzing the employee’s schedule
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revoked visa granted to Darren Battie, US government advisor of Donald Trump for matters related to Brazil, this Friday (13).
According to the agency, the The decision was made due to “omission and falsification of relevant information regarding the reason for the visit”.
Former president Jair Bolsonaro defended that the advisor could visit the reserve captain in the 19th Military Police Battalion of the Federal District (PMDF), known as “Papudinha”. .
Itamaraty, which had already configured the visit as ““, reinforced that this legal principle is sufficient to deny the concession, in accordance with national and international laws.
O President Lula (PT) confirmed the decision in a speech this Friday. At an event to inaugurate the new trauma sector at the Federal Hospital of Andaraí, in Rio de Janeiro, the PT member said that he “forbidden” him from coming to Brazil “until the visa” of Alexandre Padilha, Minister of Health, is released.
Visit to Bolsonaro
Moraes denied this Thursday (12) that the former president Bolsonaro receive the advisor at “Papudinha”. In a previous decision, the magistrate had allowed that the adviser to the American president, Donald Trumpvisit the reserve captain.
A revaluation of the decision. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the United States Department of State communicated, on March 6, that the special envoy would travel to Brazil to participate in a conference on critical minerals in São Paulo and for meetings with official representatives of the Brazilian government.
“The employee will arrive in Brasília on March 16, at 2:05 pm. He will leave for São Paulo on March 17, at 7:30 pm. He will arrive in the capital of São Paulo on the same day, at 9:25 pm, and will depart from there on March 18, at 9:30 pm, heading to Washington, DC”, reported Itamaraty.
In a decision, Moraes highlighted that the Beattie’s visit to Bolsonaro “is not within the context that authorized the granting of a visa”. The minister also reported that the diplomatic authorities were not “communicated in advance” about the North American advisor’s trip to “Papudinha” to meet with the former president.
