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Expectations regarding the President's international debut at the World Economic Forum were great. But for the experts, the participation highlighted the inexperience and the emergence of worrying signs abroad. The wait for Jair Bolsonaro's debut on international stages was enormous. After years of losing Brazil's leading role abroad, it would be up to the president of a country to deliver the opening speech of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, bringing together only world leaders, but also some of the biggest names in industry and finance.
Bolsonaro stayed in Davos longer than his predecessors in the presidency.
In addition, in front of the announcement of the announced absence of leaders such as Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron, it was hoped that the new elected Bolsonaro would be the star of the meeting. It was also an opportunity for the President to detail his program and reforms and dispel any fear abroad about his performance.
Bolsonaro stays in Davos longer than his predecessors in the presidency. It was four days in total.
However, according to experts, the president's participation was a missed opportunity, either to dispel the mistrust of the international community and investors, or to detail their economic reforms. To make matters worse, the trip was still marked by negative news regarding one of his sons and by the president's desire to upset the press.
The short and vague speech
For the political scientist Maurício Santoro, professor of international relations at Rio de Janeiro State University (Uerj), one of the most critical points of the participation of Bolsonaro was his speech at the opening of the meeting. It was a flash talk of about six minutes and the forum organizers had reserved 45 minutes for the speech and for a series of questions.
Bolsonaro took advantage of the opportunity to repeat themes already addressed in his speeches. at the inauguration, such as claims that his government "will not have ideological bias" and "will defend the family". He also vaguely explored some of the points of greatest interest to participants, such as environmental preservation and greater trade openness.
"He could have detailed his reform program and his speech was very vague and full of jargon in his election campaign, the environmental approach and the liberalization of trade, but was not enough to eliminate doubts that surrounds Bolsonaro, "said Santoro, pointing out that the speech on these two themes lacked precision.
One of the president's sons, MP Eduardo Bolsonaro (PSL-SP), who joined the group, said that social security was not discussed because it interested "much more the Brazilian public ". But according to Santoro, the question is rightly inserted in the deficit issue, which concerns international investors.
Preference for "antiglobalists"
The speech was finally misjudged by the international press. Doubts remained as to the identity of the author of the flash speech. Epoca magazine said the publisher was Bolsonaro's young international advisor, Filipe G. Martins, a pupil of the ultra-conservative and anti-globalization philosopher Olavo de Carvalho. On Twitter, Martins attempted to minimize the problem of the author and said that Bolsonaro "had written his own speeches" and that "Davos was no different".
For political scientist Oliver Stuenkel of the FGV-SP, the speech was "short of expectations" and the behavior of the president throughout the trip testified to his lack of experience. "He had a unique opportunity to detail his plans, but observers were baffled by the speech.They came to think that it was a kind of introduction that would precede what really mattered, but that ended up being the whole speech ".
Stuenkel also pointed out that the content of the speech and its author showed a "disturbing signal" indicating that the President had given preference to his government's "anti-globalists" during his trip, precisely at the same time. an event like the Davos Forum.
"The government has different wings, such as anti-globalization, the military and economists." Bolsonaro spoke for the first time, "said Stuenkel." To calm and encourage investors, it was better that the speech be written by the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes. In the current state of affairs, he has questioned Guedes' ability to impose it. speech, how will he convince Bolsonaro to make the toughest decisions in the economy? "
Already Santoro, de Uerj, points out that the issue of the authors shows a mistrust of Bolsonaro in front of the specialized bureaucracy of the government."
Diaries
In addition to Guedes, Bolsonaro, author of this book, also led Davos to the ministers Sérgio Moro (Justice and Public Security) and Ernesto Araújo (Foreign Affairs). Each of them participated in debates and parallel meetings with business or country leaders. Moro, for example, took the opportunity to defend a trade pact in Brazil against corruption. Guedes has already had a marathon of meetings with leaders and investors. According to Stuenkel, Guedes' performance throughout the forum "partially corrects the damage caused by the president"
. Bolsonaro also had bilateral meetings with leaders from other countries. The agenda was dominated by meetings with conservative or nationalist heads of state and government, including Polish, Italian, Czech and Czech leaders.
The trip is also turned upside down by the new troubles of one of the sons of the president, deputy and elected senator, Flávio Bolsonaro (PSL-RJ). A few days before the trip, Flávio had already had negative repercussions after appealing to the privileged instance to suspend the investigation of one of his former advisers, who had handled with suspicion 7 million reais between 2014 and 2017.
While Bolsonaro C was in Davos, it was Flavio's turn to be involved in a police operation against militia and a group of extermination in Rio de Janeiro. Last Tuesday (22 January), the O Globo newspaper revealed that Flávio had used the woman and mother as one of the main objectives of the operation for years. The case also saved the MP's official praise for the militia and a series of troubling past statements by the elected senator – and the president himself – in defense of the militia.
Amid the new negative events, the Bolsonaro team decided to cancel his candidacy. time a press conference in the press center of the forum. In addition to Bolsonaro ministers, ministers Sergio Moro, Ernesto Araújo and Paulo Guedes were also expected. The cancellation surprised the Brazilian and international journalists. Web sites and newspapers reproduced images of the empty chairs reserved for Bolsonaro and his ministers.
Initially, a presidential aide stated that the cancellation was motivated by "the anti-professional approach of the press". Subsequently, the Minister of the Office of Institutional Security, Augusto Heleno, said in turn that this was not the case, because the president was tired. Later, Bolsonaro himself reinforced the issue of fatigue and talked about his state of health, but also said that "there was no news to present to the press." After the cancellation, however, he granted an exclusive interview to TV Record, allied to his government.
At the end of the trip, Bolsonaro also gave an interview to the Washington Post. He said the suspicions about Flavio were an attempt to reach his government. Asked about relations between Flávio and gang members, Bolsonaro said that the subject was not "the story" of the journalist.
For Stuenkel, the president's attitude towards the press, especially the international press, in Davos lack of demonstrated experience. "In doing so, Bolsonaro missed the opportunity to try to shape the story in his favor." He could have simply said that the forum was not the best place to discuss the case Flavio and then talk about his plans for the economy. "
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