The United States trusts Brazil’s democratic institutions and the way President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has handled the current situation, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Friday.
“The president (Joe Biden) said at the time of those violent protests that we have faith in Brazil’s democratic institutions. And we certainly have faith in the way the president (Lula) has conducted himself during all that time,” Kirby said in a press conference. ., when asked if the stakes are still high in Brazil and if democracy is still in danger.
“And again, we look forward to welcoming you here to the White House and having increasingly in-depth discussions on how to improve and deepen the relationship between the United States and Brazil,” he added.
Shortly before, Kirby had confirmed that the White House was expecting a visit from Lula in early February, after the president himself had declared that he would go to the US on the 10th of next month.
Just on the day of the attacks by Bolsonarist radicals on the headquarters of the Three Powers, on January 8, US President Joe Biden tweeted that “Brazilian democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people cannot be minimized “, also underlining the desire to continue working with Lula. The next day, the two spoke on the phone.
When asked whether the US government has offered assistance in cooperation with US law enforcement or intelligence agencies regarding the ongoing investigation in Brazil, Kirby said that “we made it clear at the time that we would be happy to support any way possible”.
“But I would leave it up to the Brazilian authorities to talk about their investigations.”
(Sao Paulo editorial team)
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