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The new Brazil promoted by the far right Jair Bolsonaro has chosen the summit of Davos (Switzerland) with the economic and political elite to present themselves to the world. The president who won the elections with a program of economic liberalism and tough on security leaves a few days in Brasilia to announce in Europe that "Brazil is open to business and investment without ideological bias", as explained in sources from the Ministry of Economy of Brasilia headed by Paulo Guedes, to whom Bolsonaro gave wide powers.
The absence of Donald Trump and one of Europe's leading leaders has turned the national-populist leader into the eighth largest economy in the world. The reserve army, which has openly praised the repressors of the dictatorship, such as Colonel Brilhante Ustra, intends to soften its image abroad. The capital likes its economic program – the São Paulo Stock Exchange is one of the largest in the world in the last six months – but its political agenda, scorning the environment and attacking opponents, generates money # 39; anxiety.
Davos again receives a new president who comes from Brazil and tries to dispel fears. The leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was in 2003 at the top of the elite, but after attending the World Social Forum (the Davos counterpart) in Porto Alegre. On the economic front, the former trade unionist followed the most orthodox approach and was regularly present in Davos at the time of the emerging countries.
To present itself as a partner offering security to do business in Brazil, one of the most protectionist economies in the region and coming out of a two-year recession marked by a timid growth
The right wants to become a new partner in the fields of business and diplomacy. It takes a radical turn with its approach to the United States and Israel and its removal from traditional regional allies. The new Foreign Minister, Ernesto Araújo, trumpeter and author of an anti-global blog, who accompanies Bolsonaro during his trip to Switzerland, embodies this change. And to defend his crusade against corruption, Bolsonaro also heads Justice Minister Sérgio Moro, the judge who sentenced former President Lula in first instance. A hero or villain in Brazil, depending on the audience watching him. The four days that Bolsonaro will spend in Davos will temporarily dissipate the president's growing suspicions of corruption surrounding one of his sons, elected Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro's flag bearer at Davos will be Superintendent Guedes. The investment fund manager educated at the University of Chicago has not explained in detail his intention to revive the flickering economy of Brazil since taking office January 2. In Davos, he will highlight that the three pillars of his income are the pension reform (which consumes 53% of public expenditure), the acceleration of privatizations and concessions and the substantial reduction of the state. According to the above-mentioned sources, the intention is to announce in the Alpine town that foreign trade (exports and imports) will increase to 30% of GDP (compared to 23% currently) at the end of its mandate in 2022, which will double to 2%. An important part of Bolsonaro's electoral victory is due to the fact that he is perceived as one of the few Brazilian politicians not to be suspected of corruption.
But the charges against Flavio, one of his three children in Congress, are rising. The Financial Activities Control Board (Coaf) discovered dozens of suspicious deposits on its account in 2017, for a total of 96,000 reais. This, revealed Friday by the Globo TV channel in Jornal Nacional is added to other suspicious payments received by his driver and old family friend, Fabrício Queiroz, who was doing the # 39; subject to an investigation, suspended by an injunction of a federal Supreme Court Minister, at the request of the son of the President. Flávio, his father and Queiroz declare themselves innocent. And to avoid the subject escaping its international debut, Bolsonaro should not offer a press conference in Davos, which was originally scheduled but which was removed from the official program, according to the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo – Since the beginning of the crisis involving the former adviser of his son, the Bolsonaro family only grants interviews to vehicles considered more user-friendly by their management, this which would be difficult to control in an event with open questions in front of everything. the world.
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