Brazil: the message of support from the United States, Canada and Mexico for Lula

Europe 1 with AFP 6:47 p.m., January 9, 2023, modified at 6:51 p.m., January 9, 2023

North America supports the new Brazilian head of state.

US President Joe Biden, his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured President Lula of their support in a joint statement on Monday, after supporters of Jair Bolsonaro attacked places of power in Brazil. .

The United States has also indicated that it has not received at this stage an official request from Brazil concerning the former far-right Brazilian president, who would be in Florida.

"Canada, Mexico and the United States condemn the attacks of January 8 against Brazilian democracy and against a peaceful transfer of power", according to this text released by the White House.

"We stand with Brazil as it defends its democratic institutions" and "we look forward to working with President Lula to achieve results for our countries, for the American continent and beyond", add the three leaders, who meet in Mexico City on Monday and Tuesday for a diplomatic meeting.

"Our governments support the free expression of the will of the Brazilian people," they wrote.

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President Lula "resumed work at the Planalto Palace" on Monday, while sanctions and arrests rained down the day after the invasions of three emblematic places of power in Brasilia by hordes of Bolsonarians.

These events obviously have a very special resonance for Joe Biden, and for Americans in general.

Almost to the day two years ago, raging supporters of another defeated president, Donald Trump, stormed the Capitol in Washington in an attempt to block the Democratic president's certification.

Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said in an interview with reporters on Monday that the US president intended to speak with his Brazilian counterpart soon but said that "for now" this discussion had not been concretely scheduled.

He was also questioned about the presence in the United States of Jair Bolsonaro, who would be in Florida according to certain media.

Joe Biden's adviser said the US administration was "not in direct contact" with the former leader and did not want to comment on his whereabouts.

"We have not yet received an official request from the Brazilian government in relation to Bolsonaro. Of course if we received such a request, we would treat it as always in this kind of case, seriously", added Jake Sullivan.