ब्राजील चुनाव में अमेरिकी दखल की कोशिश? ट्रंप के दो बड़े अफसरों को नहीं मिला वीजा – brazil denies visa trump officials election interference fears ntc rlch
Brazil has refused to grant visas to two Trump administration officials. It is claimed that these officials were planning to go to Brazil to question the credibility of the country’s electoral system. According to Reuters report, on Saturday, two Brazilian officials related to the case confirmed this on condition of confidentiality.
Sources, on condition of anonymity, said that American officials Brazil The visit was believed to be an attempt to influence the presidential elections to be held in October. In this election, leftist current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will face Trump supporter Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.
According to Brazilian officials, the US delegation’s visa applications were rejected on Friday. This delegation was to include Assistant Secretary Riley M. Barnes and Deputy Assistant Secretary Samuel Samson of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the US State Department.
A Brazilian official said the decision to reject the visa application was based on evidence that pointed to an attempt to politically exploit the situation and undermine the electoral system.
The US State Department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the matter. Flavio Bolsonaro also did not respond to a request for comment on Saturday. The news of US officials’ plan to visit Brazil was first published by Washington Post, after which Reuters also confirmed it.
Allegation of interference in Latin American politics
This alleged attempt to interfere in Brazil’s elections has come at a time when President donald trump The administration is trying to influence political developments in many countries of Latin America.
Trump had recently openly supported the elected President of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella. Earlier, he had also supported leaders like Argentina’s Javier Millei and Chile’s Jose Antonio Caste.
Bolsonaro family has already raised questions on the electoral system
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had repeatedly raised questions on the country’s electronic voting system before the 2022 elections. His strategy was compared to the stance adopted by Donald Trump in the US after the 2020 elections. Before the 2022 elections, Bolsonaro had called a meeting of foreign diplomats and expressed fear of alleged irregularities in Brazil’s electronic voting system. However, no concrete evidence was revealed in support of his claims.
in that election Lula de Silva Had registered victory. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court later acknowledged that Bolsonaro had abused his position and banned him from contesting elections until 2030. After this, Bolsonaro was convicted of conspiracy to overturn the election results and remain in power and was sentenced to 27 years in prison. Currently he is serving his sentence in house arrest.
Bolsonaro again raised questions on electronic voting
Now with the beginning of the new election cycle in Brazil, Flavio Bolsonaro is carrying forward his father’s political legacy. He has again fueled the doubts spreading on social media regarding the electoral system of the country. At an event attended by dozens of diplomats last week, Flavio Bolsonaro appealed to foreign governments to send observers to monitor Brazil’s elections.
In the same program, he claimed that Brazil’s electronic voting machines were made by Smartmatic company. This company has been linked by US officials to allegations of election manipulation in Venezuela. However, both Smartmatic and Brazil’s electoral court told Reuters that the company had not provided any of Brazil’s voting machines.
Flavio Bolsonaro said in the program and in the statement issued afterward that he did not question the integrity of Brazil’s electoral system.
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