Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira argued that the visit of United States government advisor Darren Beattie to former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) could represent foreign interference in Brazil. In the statement, sent to the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) this Thursday (12), he still cites the election year as aggravating this suspicion.
“It is important to note, in due course, that a visit by a foreign State official to a former president of the Republic in an election year may constitute undue interference in the internal affairs of the Brazilian State,” said Vieira.
After Bolsonaro’s defense request, Moraes wanted to know from the Brazilian chancellor if there was any official diplomatic agenda between Beattie and the Brazilian government, which was denied. The prison visit has already been authorized, but the defense asked for the date to be readjusted.
Despite the absence of meetings with the Brazilian government, Vieira recognizes that the advisor’s visit to Brazil was communicated to Itamaraty. It should arrive next Monday (16) and will remain in the country until Wednesday (18).
Even with this recognition, Vieira says that the official justification for granting a visa was participation in the Brazil-USA Critical Minerals Forum. As a result, he complains that “there was no mention of the visitor’s possible interest in carrying out meetings or visits not related to the officially communicated objectives” and argues that the visa does not include a visit to the 19th Military Police Battalion of the Federal District.
The United States embassy in Brasília requested a meeting between Beattie and the head of the General Coordination of Transnational Illicit (Cocit), Marcelo Della Nina, but there was no confirmation of the agenda.
