July 19, 2019, Strategic Culture Foundation http://www.strategic-culture.org (Russia) https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/07/19/brazil-and-us-neoliberal-alliance-under-bolsonaro-trump/
Brazil’s shift to the right-wing has
been lauded by the US, which is still not over its penchant for foreign
meddling in Latin America. Jair Bolsonaro, who has made news headlines for all
the wrong reasons, notably disregard for climate change, indigenous rights and
education, has altered the previous diplomacy by prioritising global investment
over regional ties, thus facilitating the country’s exploitation.
For the US, of course, this is
welcome news. An unnamed US official declared, “Even the friendliest of Brazilian
governments was never really that friendly. Here we have now a government in
Brazil we truly consider an ally.”
The tactics may have changed – there
is enough history of US-backed dictatorships in Latin America to have fomented
fractured societies, to the point than a shift to the right-wing through
elections was only a matter of time. Brazil was no
