Published 09/07/2025 16:52 | Edited 09/07/2025 19:34
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned, on Wednesday (9), the US business in Brazil, Gabriel Escobar, to provide clarification on a note considered unacceptable and interventionist, published by the US embassy in Brasilia. The official statement expresses explicit support to former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), directly attacking the Brazilian justice system and classifying the legal process against the far right politician as a “political persecution.”
The attitude caused a strong reaction in Itamaraty and opened, once, once the historically interventionist stance of the United States in the internal affairs of Latin American countries – a stance that, in the Brazilian case, tries to undermine the democratic process in the name of geopolitical and ideological interests.
Trump and the US embassy: misinformation choir
The diplomatic crisis worsened after the US embassy reiterated, on the morning of the same Wednesday, the support of former President Donald Trump to Bolsonaro. The note stated that “political persecution” against the former Brazilian president and his supporters is “shameful” and “disrespects the democratic traditions of Brazil”.
Days before, Trump had used his social network, the Truth Socialto say that Bolsonaro is being the victim of a “witch hunt”, and that the only legitimate judgment would be “through the polls.” Fully ignoring the evidence of crimes investigated, the attempted coup d’état on January 8 and the systematic discredit of the Brazilian electoral system, the former US president dealt with the judicial process as a political attack. Trump was also investigated for similar reasons in the US.
More than words, the statements expose the articulation of an ultra -conservative wing of the US – led by Trump – who, uncomfortable with the strengthening of Brics and the growing projection of Brazil under Lula’s leadership, tries to sabotage the advance of global multilateralism with threats, bravous and attacks on the sovereignty of global southern countries. Last week, Brazil hosted and presided over the BRICS summit, with relevant deliberations from the group of countries.
Lula answers: Brazil does not accept guardianship
Without citing names, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva responded firmly to the attempt to interference: “The defense of democracy in Brazil is a theme that is up to Brazilians. We are a sovereign country. We do not accept interference or guardianship of anyone.”
Lula stressed that the country has “solid and independent institutions” and categorically stated that “no one is above the law. Above all, those who undermine freedom and the rule of law”.
The answer was seen by diplomats and analysts as necessary and pedagogical, in the face of rhetorical climb from Trump and sectors aligned with the extreme global right, who seek to delegitimize democratic systems outside their territories, especially when they contradict their geopolitical and commercial interests.
The background dispute: BRICS, DISHALARIZATION AND GLOBAL SOBERANIA
The timing of the US Embassy Declaration did not go unnoticed: it occurred during the 17th BRICS summit, held in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting had as its central agenda the strengthening of cooperation between emerging countries, the search for new international financial arrangements and the expansion of local coin use in trade – measures that represent a clear challenge to dollar hegemony and the US geoeconomic dominance.
Lula was emphatic: “It’s something that has no return. This is happening slowly, until it is consolidated,” he said, referring to the decalarization.
The growing approach between Brazil, China, Russia, India, South Africa and new member countries (such as Indonesia and Iran) represents an alternative model of international relations-based on sovereignty, multipolarity and horizontal cooperation. It is this model that scares Washington, and especially Donald Trump, which even threatened to impose punitive tariffs of 10% on countries that align with Brics anti -Americanism.
A story that repeats itself – and that needs to end
This is not the first time the US have tried to interfere with Brazilian political directions. From veiled support to the 1964 coup to complacency in the face of impeachment without the crime of responsibility of Dilma Rousseff in 2016, passing through lawfare From Lava Jato with the cooperation of Brazilian prosecutors and the FBI, the history is extensive-and has always favored US interests.
The current episode opens the continuity of this imperial logic. But Brazil of 2025 is not the same. With greater international insertion, popular support and a government committed to democracy, the country shows that it will not passively accept blackmail or guardianship.
Trump’s attempt to transform Jair Bolsonaro – an ineligible politician, investigated for attempted coup and criminal misinformation – in an international martyr, only reinforces the neocolonial character of this rhetoric. And finds in Brazilian sovereignty, and in the resistance of social movements, an increasingly solid barrier.
Source: vermelho.org.br
