Business Maverick: Bolsonaro tilts towards closer Brazil-US ties at unlikely meeting with Biden

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Brazil and the United States should forge closer ties after the two countries drifted apart for ideological reasons, Bolsonaro – a populist and admirer of ex-president Donald Trump – said at a hastily arranged meeting with Joe Biden.

Brazil and the United States should forge closer ties after the two countries drifted apart for ideological reasons, Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday at a first official meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden.

The two leaders sat in armchairs set slightly apart as reporters entered the room, and appeared to avoid eye contact while listening to each other via translators during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. “At times, we’ve distanced ourselves due to issues of ideology. But I’m sure that since our arrival in the Brazilian government we’ve never had greater opportunities because of the affinities that our governments have,” Bolsonaro said.

Questions over the merits of the meeting intensified after Bolsonaro on Tuesday again praised Trump, and called Biden’s election “suspicious” in an echo of Trump’s baseless allegations.Biden has sought to use the regional summit to repair Trump-era damage to US ties with Latin America, and to counter China’s growing clout in the region.

 

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Bolsonaro & Cyril, the two sellouts in the BRICs block. Fortunately Bolsonaro is on his way out.

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