Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro
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Via: hallux • last year • 12 commentsBy: Jasper Ward and Andrea Shalal - Reuters
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WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said the United States would respond, without specifying how, after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election."The political persecutions by sanctioned human rights abuser Alexandre de Moraes continue, as he and others on Brazil's supreme court have unjustly ruled to imprison former President Jair Bolsonaro," Rubio wrote on X.
"The United States will respond accordingly to this witch hunt," he said.
Brazil's Foreign Ministry called Rubio's comment a threat that "attacks Brazilian authority and ignores the facts and the compelling evidence in the records." The ministry said Brazilian democracy would not be intimidated by the United States.
Bolsonaro, who had close ties to U.S. President Donald Trump during his first term in the White House, became the first former president in Brazilian history to be convicted for attacking democracy after a majority of five justices on Brazil's Supreme Court voted to convict him on Thursday. He was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison.
"Well, I watched that trial. I know him pretty well--foreign leader. I thought he was a good president of Brazil, and it's very surprising that could happen very much like they tried to do with me, but they didn't get away …
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And one wonders why the nations of South and Central America open their arms to China. /s
I wonder which country will be offering marco and his family safe haven in about 3 years ...
It does strike me as a bit strange that the U.S. may start to meddle in their soverign affairs.
There are almost 200 countries in the world-- are we now going to intervene in their affairs every time they do something our politicians don't like?
Trump must have sent Marco the working list for Rubio's replacement.
A fascist wanna-be dictator gets convicted for plotting a coup against a democratically elected government and Trump doesn't like it. BIG SURPRISE.
Once you start on the path of lies, you'll be drawn in deeper and deeper
Boy, we are going way out of our way to stick our nose into something that affects roughly zero of us in the US.
Yeah - kinda like when Billary tried changing South American countries into democracies. Just replace the leaders with who you like.
Rubio is a perfect example of how one's ambition can destroy their character.
Signed.
Socialism.
As far as I am concerned he should clarify his statement. The US should never get that involved with the politics of another country just because we don't like something they did.
You recognize that Rubio is simply Trump's puppet now. This is not how Rubio would have behaved outside of Trump's influence. We can see videos of Rubio prior to bending the knee to Trump in 2016. It really is pathetic (and sad).