President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (PT) trip to the US, previously scheduled for this month, should be postponed for next year. The signal was given by former Chancellor Celso Amorim, Lula’s international affairs adviser, after the incoming president met with Jake Sullivan, the US security adviser sent to Brazil by US President Joe Biden.
The change in plans is due to internal problems in Brazil. Currently, Lula is dedicated to articulating the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) of the transition and the assembly of the ministerial team.
Last week, former São Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad (PT), a favorite for the Ministry of Finance, said that Lula will visit Biden in the US before taking office.
“President Lula commented on the internal situation, the various measures that need to be taken, the ongoing internal negotiations, and said maybe it won’t work. He didn’t say ‘no’ but maybe it won’t work”, Amorim informed about Lula’s conversation with Sullivan. However, he added that he thinks it is possible to go at the beginning of the year for an official visit.
Juan Gonzalez, Joe Biden’s chief Latin America advisor on the North American side, also attended the meeting. On the PT side, Haddad and Senator Jaques Wagner (PT-BA) attended the meeting, as well as Amorim and Lula.
source: Noticias
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