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Brazil's Bolsonaro backtracks on Argentine inauguration
MARCELO DE SOUSA, Associated Press
Updated 5:29 pm CST, Monday, December 9, 2019
Rio de Janeiro (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reversed course Monday and decided to send an official representative to neighboring Argentina's presidential inauguration ceremony.
Vice President Hamilton Mourão will attend Tuesday's inauguration of Alberto Fernández, said the press office of the Brazilian foreign relations ministry, which declined to provide a reason for the change. Earlier Monday, the presidential office had confirmed that no emissary was being sent.
In recent months, the left-leaning Fernández and the far-right Bolsonaro have traded barbs in the press stemming from their ideological differences.
Bolsonaro's decision not to attend personally will be the first time in 17 years that a Brazilian head of state has not attended a presidential inauguration in Argentina, which is Brazil's third largest trading partner.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Brazil-s-Bolsonaro-backtracks-on-Argentine-14894076.php
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As much for seeing him, as it was because Bolsonazi wasn't there.
Mourão, as always, was a gracious guest. When, in his inaugural address, President Fernández emphasized that the relationship between Argentina and Brazil was "stronger than the circumstantial differences between any two individuals," Mourão nodded in what seemed like heartfelt agreement.
Here's hoping Mourão can replace his radicalized and mentally unstable boss - or that, better yet, Bolsonaro can have a genuine change of heart (it does, of course, happen).
Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão and the newly-appointed Argentine Ambassador to Brazil, Daniel Scioli, during the Fernández inaugural on December 10.
Mourão seemed happy to be there - and it's safe to say everyone was happy to see him, rather than the difficult Bolsonaro.
