The leaders of the Portuguese community in Brazil believe that relations with Portugal will continue to progress, regardless of who wins the Brazilian presidential elections, which take place in early October.
“Regardless of who wins, the next few years are very promising.“, the president of the Federation of Portuguese Chambers of Commerce in Brazil, Armando Abreu, stressed to Lusa, adding that “Brazil’s economy is so strong” that Portugal has everything to strengthen its bilateral relations.
Along the same lines, the president of the Regional Council of Central and South America of the Council of Communities, António Graça, guaranteed that “relations between the two countries will continue to improve”, even if the winner is the current Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro. , be it the former head of state Lula da Silva.
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Even so, the president of the Federation of Portuguese Chambers of Commerce in Brazil acknowledged that “this last year and a half, somewhat caused by the elections and the moment we are experiencing in Brazil, has led some businessmen to suspend their decisions to waiting for who will win”.
More connected to the Portuguese community residing in Brazil, António Graça believes that the majority of Portuguese in the country support current President Jair Bolsonaro.
Who will win I don’t know. But the community has a preference,” António Graça told Lusa, who immediately added: “the Portuguese community has a preference for the current president.”
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Lula da Silva and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lead the electoral race with, respectively, Four. Five% Y 33% of voting intentions.
According to the president of the Regional Council of Central and South America of the Council of Communities, the Portuguese community residing in Brazil has the feeling that the “economy has improved” and that the legal problems to which Lula da Silva was subjected are still very serious. very present in the memory of the community.
“70% of the community is on the side of the current president,” he said, wanting to “make it very clear” that a large part of the Portuguese community cannot vote and is only putting “things as the community sees them.” .
Regarding the commemorations of the bicentennial of the independence of Brazil, on September 7, António Graça considered that “the presence of the President of Portugal with the President of Brazil was good.
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António Graça also recalled the last visit of the Portuguese president to Brazil, at the beginning of July, Jair Bolsonaro announced through the media that he would not receive Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in Brasilia, a decision that he justified by the fact that he met with former president Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo.
In his opinion and that of many people from the Portuguese community in Brazil, the Portuguese President was wrong, however, he reinforced that “this mistake that occurred in the past of receiving the former president at the Consul’s house”, in São Paulo, is outdated.
“I think this situation is now resolved,” he said.
Some critical voices, including Lula da Silva, pointed out that the President of the Portuguese Republic “deserved more respect” of his counterpart Jair Bolsonaro.
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Source: Observadora
