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President Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) embarked on Sunday (20) at the Brasilia Air Base for the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. This will be the first international trip after the president takes office. The World Economic Forum brings together business leaders from the world's leading economies.
Bolsonaro left on the FAB flight accompanied by Ministers Paulo Guedes (Economy), Ernesto Araújo (Foreign Relations), Augusto Heleno (Institutional Security Cabinet), Sergio Moro (Justice) and Gustavo Bebianno (Secretary General of the Presidency) .
The boarding took place around 22 hours at Brasilia Air Base. At a symbolic ceremony, Bolsonaro pbaded the presidency to Vice President Antonio Hamilton Mourão (PRTB). He becomes acting president when the FOB aircraft leaves Brazilian airspace in the next few hours.
The government's economic agenda should dominate the speeches of Bolsonaro and his entourage in Davos, with a focus on reforms such as pensions and privatizations.
At the beginning of Bolsonaro's overseas, the government intends to sell the image of modernization of the Brazilian economy, with commercial openness, legal certainty for investors and structural reforms.
The President (Tuesday) (22) should speak in front of the public composed of investors and authorities of other countries at a plenary session of the forum.
In addition to economic reforms, Bolsonaro should also defend in his speech the fight against corruption and democratic values.
During his Sunday, before embarking, Bolsonaro received ministers and badistants for meetings at the Alvorada Palace, the official residence of the president in Brasilia. In the morning, he received ministers Ernesto Araújo and Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz (Secretary of Government)
Bolsonaro returns in the country at dawn on Friday (25).
On January 28, the president is expected to withdraw from the office to have surgery and remove the colostomy bag that he has been using since he was wounded in the knife attack suffered during the election campaign.
Mourão is also expected to replace Bolsonaro at his post after recovery from surgery.
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