BRASÍLIA – At 2 pm, a total of 10 heads of state confirmed their presence at the presidential inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro and his deputy, Hamilton Mourão. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 12 foreign ministers, 3 vice-presidents, 3 representatives of international organizations and 18 "different authorities" also participated in the inauguration in Brasilia.
Monday, eleven heads of state had confirmed their presence, but the President of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, left Brazil early Tuesday at 8 o'clock.
His return to Lima was motivated by the dismissal of two promoters of the so-called Lava-Jet Peruvian.
who investigates alleged illegal donations from the Brazilian construction company Odebrechet to politicians of the country.
According to Itamaraty, the Presidents of Portugal (Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa), Paraguay (Mario Abdo Benítez), Uruguay (Tabaré Vasquez), Chile (Sebastián Piñera), Bolivia (Evo Morales), Cape Verde Jorge Carlos Fonseca) and Honduras (Juan Orlando Alvarado), as well as Prime Ministers of Hungary (Viktor Orbán), Israel (Benjamin Netanyahu) and Morocco (Saadeddine Othmani).
The international press focuses on Brazil. GLOBO learned that 158 journalists from 28 different countries had applied for a credential to cover the presidential inauguration in Brasilia, as well as the Palácio do Plbadto Department of Powers.