In addition to many demonstrations of repudiation by heads of state and foreign ministers, who condemned on Twitter attacks on democracy in Brasiliaworld leaders have offered other types of assistance to the country.
THE French President Emmanuel Macronfor example, sent a message through diplomatic channels making himself available to speak with the President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) and help as needed.
The US government, in addition to condemning the attack and attempts to “undermine democracy in Brazil”, offered its support for the institutions, through tweets from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and the President himself. . president joe Biden.
The charge d’affaires in Brazil, Douglas Koneff, who leads the diplomatic representation while the new ambassador, Elizabeth Bagley, does not assumealso sent a message to Celso Amorim, head of the special council of the presidency. The American would have expressed his solidarity with the Brazilian government, recalling that the The United States experienced a similar situation — the invasion of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, by extremist supporters of Donald Trump who questioned the election of Biden.
The US President is in Texas, en route to Mexico, where he will meet with the Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorwho also condemned the acts in Brazil, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
THE President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez, also messaged Amorim offering to help. “The many statements and messages from foreign leaders show that the international community is on alert and will react to any coup attempt,” said Lula’s adviser. “It demonstrates that these extremists are completely isolated.”
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieirareceived phone calls from the chancellors of Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Colombia and Chile, as well as many WhatsApp messages.
According to Itamaraty, on the night of this Sunday (8), a bilateral meeting and lunch scheduled with the Chancellor of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi, this Monday (9), are still maintained. The Japanese arrived in Brazil at the time of the invasions of Congress, the Planalto Palace and the building of the Federal Supreme Court.
In Planalto, several internal meetings of the Special Advisory Council scheduled for Monday must be canceled, because the rooms of Amorim and Ambassador Audo Faleiro — as well as several others — were vandalized.
Until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, China had not come forward either on Twitter from the embassy in Brazil or through the chancellery or other diplomatic channels. The Asian country is traditionally silent or slow to talk about political instability in other countries.
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