A barrage of criticism this week from the sons of Brazil's right-wing Presi...
BRASILIA - A barrage of criticism this week from the sons of Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro aimed at the vice president has laid bare stark divisions in his cabinet, raising serious concerns from senior members of his four-month-old government.
Bolsonaro’s sons Carlos and Eduardo, among the president’s four sons and a daughter from three marriages, have accused Mourao of disloyalty and criticized him on social media and in the press. Carlos dos Santos Cruz, a former general in a cabinet-level position overseeing communications and congressional relations, downplayed the divisions in the government and chalked the clamor up to a new media environment.
Mourao and his allies have pushed back against sharp policy shifts proposed by Eduardo Bolsonaro, a lawmaker advising his father on foreign affairs, and Foreign Minister Ernesto de Araujo, who have pushed for Brazilian diplomacy to hew closer to the U.S. line on Venezuela, Israel and China. That moderating influence and centrist appeal have enraged presidential advisers who see Mourao undercutting Bolsonaro’s conservative turn in favor of his own presidential ambitions.
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