In addition to numerous expressions of repudiation by heads of state and foreign ministers, who condemned the attacks on democracy in Brasilia via Twitter, world leaders offered other types of assistance to the country.
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, for example, sent a message through diplomatic channels making himself available to speak with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and help in any way necessary.
The US government, in addition to condemning the attack and attempts to “undermine democracy in Brazil”, offered support to the institutions, through tweets by national security adviser Jake Sullivan and President Joe Biden himself.
The chargé d’affaires in Brazil, Douglas Koneff, who heads the diplomatic representation while the new ambassador, Elizabeth Bagley, does not take over, also conveyed a message to Celso Amorim, head of the Presidency’s special advisory service. The American would have expressed solidarity with the Brazilian government, noting that the US went through a similar situation – the invasion of the Capitol, on January 6, 2021, by extremist supporters of Donald Trump who questioned Biden’s election.
The American president is in Texas, on his way to Mexico, where he will meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who also condemned the acts in Brazil, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, also sent a message to Amorim offering to help. “The numerous statements and messages from foreign leaders show that the international community is alert and will react to any coup attempt,” said Lula’s adviser. “It demonstrates that these extremists are completely isolated.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, received phone calls from the chancellors of Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Colombia and Chile, and numerous WhatsApp messages.
According to the Itamaraty informed on the night of this Sunday (8), a bilateral meeting and a lunch scheduled with the Foreign Minister of Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi, this Monday (9), are still maintained. The Japanese arrived in Brazil at the time of the invasions of Congress, the Planalto Palace and the Federal Supreme Court building.
In Planalto, several internal meetings of the Special Advisory Board scheduled for this Monday must be canceled, because the rooms of Amorim and Ambassador Audo Faleiro —as well as several others— were vandalized.
Until 20:00 this Sunday, China had not manifested itself either on Twitter from the embassy in Brazil or through the chancellery or other diplomatic channels. The Asian country is traditionally silent or slow to speak out about political instability in other countries.
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