Former president Jair Bolsonaro has arrived back in Brazil where he is facing several investigations - including over his alleged role in encouraging protests that ended with his supporters storming several government buildings.
STORY: A crowd of chanting supporters welcomed Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro back to the country on Thursday, after he spent three months in the United States following his... | March 30, 2023
The Senate’s transparency commission also is investigating whether the sale of a refinery by Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant was related to the jewels.
Brazil's foreign ministry said support for democracy, human rights and the environment will be at the center of Lula's agenda in Washington. Brazil is also eager for more countries to contribute to the Amazon Fund started by Germany and Norway to back protection of the rainforest and sustainable development projects.
The U.S. government is considering joining a multilateral fund aimed at fighting Amazon deforestation in Brazil, an a contribution could be announced during their meeting, two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the matter said. Relations between the Western Hemisphere's two largest democracies had been lukewarm under Lula's far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, an ally of Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump.
He said the two countries were resuming the partnership that had been forged in 2006 by Lula, in his first term as Brazil's president, and President Jacques Chirac. Vieira said Colonna's visit marked France's support for democracy in Brazil, which was threatened by Bolsonaro and his supporters who stormed government buildings calling for a military coup last month.
He did not directly address the Jan. 8 assault on the buildings housing Brazil’s Congress and Supreme Court during his appearance in Miami before a conservative group tied to former US President Donald Trump.
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