DEBATING BRAZIL
Flávio Bolsonaro takes his father's case to foreign diplomats
Flávio Bolsonaro during the "Debating Brazil" event. Photo: Raul Spinassé/Novo Selo
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential campaign rests on a single line: he is the continuation of his father. Former President Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running and is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, and his eldest son spent Tuesday morning arguing that a vote for him is the equivalent of a vote for his father.
The venue was the latest edition of "Debating Brazil," a series hosted by The Brazilian Report and Novo Selo Comunicação that brings presidential candidates before diplomatic corps posted from dozens of countries across all continents.
👉 Why it matters. The series exists to make candidates lay out their proposals — domestic and international — to the countries that have to deal with whoever wins. Brazil habitually looks inward, but it sits at the center of files no embassy can ignore: critical minerals and rare earths, the US-China rivalry and the tariffs that come with it, energy transition, global food security, the Amazon, and South-South diplomacy through BRICS and the G20.
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