For the first time, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro of Los Angeles and US President Joe Biden met for the first time in Los Angeles on Thursday local time.
At the meeting, the Brazilian president said that relations between the two countries should be strengthened after the Brazilian and US governments had recently diverged due to ideological reasons.
It is in our greatest interest to get closer and closer to the United States
Bolsonaro told reporters.
The White House released a statement saying the two presidents agreed to work together to reduce deforestation in the Amazon.
Bolsonaro also spoke of the need for the United States and Brazil to work together to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict. All that is known in the White House statement is that the two countries are working closely together on this issue at the United Nations Security Council.
The goal of the Biden government, on the one hand, is to restore deteriorating relations with Latin American countries under the presidency of Donald Trump, and, on the other hand, to prevent China from making gains in the region, he writes. Reuters. Incidentally, the Brazilian president is a Trump supporter, until Tuesday praising the former president and calling Biden’s election suspicious.
immigration issues
Migration was highlighted at the Los Angeles summit, but the absence of leaders from Mexico and other South American countries, who send many immigrants north, raised questions about progress.
The Biden government did not invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to the summit, citing non-democratic countries, in response several Latin American countries boycotted the summit.
(Cover image: Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil [b] US President Joe Biden holds a bilateral meeting with the Organization of American States [AÁSZ] At its summit in Los Angeles on June 9, 2022. Photo: MTI/AP/Evan Vucci)
