He signaled that Joe Biden will seek answers to the disappearance of the government’s Special Representative for Climate John Kerry, Brazilian native Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips. Both were on an expedition in the Amazon, and Kerry’s appointment increases the pressure on the Brazilian government on the eve of the meeting between Jair Bolsonaro and the American president.

The report of the case to the American was made by indigenous leader Sonia Guajajara, who posted videos of the meeting with Biden’s representative on social media. “Let’s follow,” said Kerry. The American then asked his aides to write down the details of the case. The Brazilian indigenous woman complained about the slowness of calls in a second video. in New York.

Sian, sister of the missing journalist, also urged the UK and US governments to put pressure on Jair Bolsonaro’s government. The Brazilian will be greeted by Biden this week in Los Angeles. “He doesn’t do anything without pressure,” his sister said.

In Brazil, Itamaraty members said they feared the Amazon disappearance would increase international pressure on Jair Bolsonaro’s government, as authorities interpreted it as a seal to violence in the region.

The news came at a sensitive time for Brazilian diplomacy. The OECD is holding its annual meeting in Paris this week and plans to discuss Brazil’s participation. Although there is no date for finalizing the process, European negotiators have stated that without Brazil’s real commitment to deforestation in the Amazon and the defense of indigenous lands, there will be no real progress in negotiations. country entry.

Ministers such as Paulo Guedes (Economy) and José Carlos Oliveira (Labor) will be in Paris to lead the lobby for the country’s participation. However, Itamaraty officials admit that the global projection of reports of a stranger’s disappearance “doesn’t help” the credible process.

Nor does the news help the agenda that Jair Bolsonaro hopes to keep in the United States during the Summit of the Americas, which begins Wednesday. Palácio do Planalto’s fear is that the president will be blamed while visiting the United States.

According to veteran diplomats, the case of the two disappeared reopens, the scene of the death of the American missionary Dorothy Stang, who died in Pará in 2005. The case had international repercussions and was an embarrassment to the government abroad.

At that time, documents revealed that the US government doubted the capacity of the Brazilian justice system.

According to a February 22, 2005 report from US diplomacy, cables released by the Wikileaks group stated that Americans had “serious concerns that inappropriate connections with large landowners involved in illegal land grabs and deforestation in the region could endanger police safety.” At that time, the then Minister of Justice, Marcio Thomas Bastos, was pressured, and even the FBI was involved in the investigations carried out in Brazil.

In case of disappearance this week, the fear is that the case could spark debate about the lack of control that exists in the region, the lawless land the Amazon has transformed, and the role of political leaders in fomenting the attacks. For former Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira, the case has the potential to be “catastrophic” for Brazil.