Brazil’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, intends already in the first week after the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on January 1, 2023, to replace the diplomatic staff who have shown themselves over the years to be allies of Jair Bolsonaro.
Among them is the ambassador to Washington, Nestor Forster, who will be temporarily replaced by a chargé d’affaires while the next person to represent Brazilians on U.S. soil is chosen, as Brazilian newspaper ‘O Globo’ has learned.
Who will also be dismissed is the consul general in New York, Maria Nazareth Farani Azevedo, who was recently reproached for not having organized in the most effective way the security of the ministers of the Supreme Court during their visit to this city, who were somewhat harassed by Bolsonaro’s followers.
Azevedo, who became chief of staff to former Foreign Minister Celso Amorim during Lula da Silva’s term in office, has been embroiled in several controversies during her extensive diplomatic career.
In addition to this ‘cleansing’, Vieira has also been entrusted by Lula da Silva to reactivate diplomatic relations with Venezuela, for which reason it is foreseen that shortly after taking office a chargé d’affaires will be sent to organize the reopening of the Brazilian Embassy in Caracas.
«The government that was elected is the government of Nicolás Maduro,» Vieira settled earlier this month when asked about Juan Guaidó, who has been losing whatever political weight he had, even among the opposition.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
