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Brazil military at odds with President Bolsonaro’s openness to US base: Official
[PRESSTV] The Brazilian military is at odds with Brazil’s new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s comments that he would be open to discussing the possibility of hosting a US military base on the South American country’s soil, a top army official says.The Brazilian Armed Forces are against a US base in the country and Bolsonaro’s comment has not been well received by the military, Rooters quoted an unnamed bigwig from the country’s armed forces as saying on Saturday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that the possibility of ceding territory for a military base took Brazilian officers by surprise in the armed forces, which traditionally are zealous guardians of national illusory sovereignty. Bolsonaro, 63, who took office earlier this week, is an ardent admirer of US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... and the White House’s policies, particularly those with regard to opposing the "authoritarian regimes" of left-wing governments in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. A former army officer-turned-politician, Bolsonaro said in a televised interview on Thursday that he might be willing to allow an American base in Brazil as a way to "counter Russian influence" in Venezuela, a move that would mark a dramatic shift in direction for the largest South American country’s foreign policy. He said what Brazil seeks is to have "supremacy here in South America," upending foreign policy in the country, which saw the leftist Workers Party emphasizing South-South relations and sometimes tussling on the international stage with Washington. Posted by: Fred 2019-01-06 |
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