Bolsonaro suggested Trump to go to Argentina to support Macri

Concerned about a possible triumph of Kirchnerism, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suggested to his American counterpart Donald Trump, travel to Argentina before the general election in October to support the re-election of Mauricio Macri.

This was revealed Wednesday by Brazilian government sources quoted by the Folha newspaper in Sao Paulo.

Elections in Argentina and Bolsonaro's rejection of Trump's request for military intervention in Venezuela were part of the conversation that Brazilians and Americans had on June 28 in Japan with the G-20, reported in the report. coverage of its online version on the South American support.

According to witnesses of the meeting between the two heads of state, Trump and Bolsonaro discussed the Argentine electoral process "with a worried tone about a possible defeat" of Macri.

"The Brazilian proposed that Trump travel to Argentina ahead of the elections in October, as a sign of support for Macri, and suggested a meeting with other right-wing Latin American leaders and the presentation of the meeting. a "set" of solutions to avoid what he called "the emergence of a new Venezuela in South America," Folha published.

In another section, sources said Trump reportedly questioned Bolsonaro about joint military action aimed at overthrowing Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, following an abandonment by the Brazilian.

According to Folha, Bolsonaro claimed that the Brazilian armed forces had been weakened over the last two decades, that Venezuelan topography was favoring the action of the Chavez guerrillas and that such military action would cause problems in the region .

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