The Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes stated this Wednesday (13) that Brazil will grow more than the US and Europe at a time when the world is already facing the third world war - a reference to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine - and that international organizations of which Brazil is a member are already demanding a position from the country in defense of democracy.
Guedes made the statement at the ceremony to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the General Telecommunications Law, held at the Ministry of Communications. "In Davos [Davos Economic Forum], there are people saying that the third world war has already started", said the minister. "It's a war of various dimensions, energy security, bioenergetics. We would already be facing a biological war.
Guedes stated that he "already senses a geopolitical dispute in the forums" in which Brazil participates. "They ask if we are on the side of the democracies or with the other side of the world [referring to Russia]. " Inside the BRICS [group of developing countries] it is the same thing. You cannot use the expression war, sanctions, because there is already tension, and Brazil is so blessed that people are fighting over power without realizing that there may be a war going on outside."
The pressure surrounding Brazil is due to the positioning of President Jair Bolsonaro, who visited the President of Russia shortly before the invasion of Ukraine. He later praised the government of Vladimir Putin, without taking a stand against the war.
Translated by Cassy Dias