US EditionBrazil's Lula Reneges on Attending Chile's Presidential Inauguration
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Senator Flavio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) criticised President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) this Thursday because he had canceled his trip to Chile to the new president of the country, José Antonio Kast. According to the MP, the executive chief was “small” in refusing to compare to the ceremony after confirmation that he would also be present at the event. Lulinha: Lula's allies tried to contain discomfort and compared presidential and Bolsonaro's reac…
Lula withdraws from Kast inauguration amid presence of Flávio Bolsonaro
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled a planned trip to Chile to attend José Antonio Kast’s inauguration on Wednesday and will instead be represented at the ceremony by Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. Brazilian officials said the change was due to “scheduling reasons.”
Lula, who was to be the only leader of the left in the assumption of Kast, made the same decision that led him on December 10, 2023 not to attend Javier Milei's in Argentina, when the Bolsonaro also appeared among the guests.
The future foreign minister, Francisco Pérez Mackenna, dedramatized the absence of the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the change of command that will take place this Wednesday, when José Antonio Kast assumes the presidency.In this context, from the Palacio Cousiño (where a series of diplomatic meetings have been held), Pérez Mackenna lowered the profile of the Brazilian president's decision not to attend the ceremony, a fact …
The Brazilian Presidency did not justify the cancellation. Flavio Bolsonaro, quoted as an October presidential candidate, had already announced that he would be in Santiago.
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