Crisis in Brazil: what is behind the resignation of the leaders of the armed forces – economic, financial and economic news

For the first time, the complete dome of the Brazilian Armed Forces (FF.AA.) I resigned, revealing one of the worst moments in the relationship between the Brazilian government and the military, in decades.

According to Folha de Sao Paulo, the commanders promised not to participate in any “adventure shot” but they wanted to break away from the government of President Jair Bolsonaro.

Edson Pujol (head of the army), Ilques Barbosa (Armada) and Gustavo Bermudez (Air Force) make their positions available to the new Minister of Defense, General Walter Braga Netto (a litter younger than Pujol), a day later Bolsonaro push aside Fernando Azevedo e Silva of the wallet.

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To try to calm down, Acio Neves, head of the Committee of Deputies for External Relations, will invite tomorrow to Braga Netto and to new chancellor, Carlos Frana, to talk about the situation within the FF.AA.

Today some legislators and the members of Federal Supreme Court (STF, for its acronym in Portuguese) they even dared to speak automatic blow. According to Folha, the magistrates believe that the president would have created confusion in the military field and could eventually, in a situation of acute crisis, enlist the support of state military police, which are part of the base of Bolsonaro.

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Cornered by his mismanagement of the pandemic (FAltan intensive care beds and the country has already passed 317,000 deaths in Covid-19), Bolsonaro It is gathering more and more opponents among the various players in Brazilian politics. On Monday, the president changed six ministers: Chancellor (Ernesto Arajo for France); Defensa (Azevedo e Silva de Braga Netto); Civil house (Braga Netto by Luiz Eduardo Ramos), Secretary General of the Presidency (Ramos by Flavia Arruda) and the Advocate General of the Union (Commissioner Anderson Torres).

The changes have occurred, in part, to give more space in the cabinet in the “ center ”, the political partners of Bolsonaro (no match since 2019) in the powerful brazilian congress.

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Although some apartments like the one in Arajo were predictable, that of Azevedo It was a surprise. The general left the Department of Defense with a letter suggestively saying that he was dedicated to preserving “the Armed forces as state institutions “.

According to Brazilian media, Bolsonaro demanded stronger support for its policies of FF.AA., and Azevedo refused to do so. The last drop would have been an interview given by the general Paulo Sergio Nogueira de Oliveira, head of the personnel department of the army, to the newspaper Correio Brasilenze, where he explained strategy to contain the virus within the force: social distancing, chinstrap… all measures rejected by Bolsonaro. The president expected a sanction for Nogueira, but Azevedo refused. The conversation led to the minister’s departure.

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The pandemic had greatly affected the relationship between Azevedo (retired general) and Bolsonaro (excapitn del Ejrcito), and the military had taken note, with great concern, when the president said a few days ago: “My army he does not take to the streets to enforce the decrees of the governors. No. If people start to leave their homes, to go into civil disobedience, there is no point in asking the army, because my army will not leave. Not even by order of the Pope. Do not go”.

Bolsonaro fears that the imposition of new quarantines can negative impact on the economy and, therefore, in their chances of re-election, with the elections around the corner and Lula da silva with the path more and more clear.

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Disagree with Bolsonaro, and after Azevedo left, the three commanders of the armed forces tendered their resignations. Paradoxically, the departure of the high command took place just one day before the new anniversary of the 1964 coup.

Resignation from Pujol it was probably the most predictable: Bolsonaro I had asked Azevedo to remove him from office, but the former minister refused. Last November, Pujol stated categorically: “We don’t want to be part of politics, let alone let it into the barracks”.