In the next few days, Jair Bolsonaro (PL) will arrive in Los Angeles for his first meeting with US President Joe Biden, in an agenda seen by Palácio do Planalto as an opportunity to break the Brazilian leader's image of isolation and international pariah.
The meeting, held amid the Summit of the Americas, comes a year and a half after Biden came to power in Washington. Since then, the two presidents have never spoken directly.
The lack of dialogue between the heads of the two largest economies on the American continent is no accident. Until recently, Bolsonaro was considered a toxic figure by the White House, and Biden's aides ruled out the possibility of a phone call with the Brazilian earlier this year. The shift in US foreign policy is a result of different factors.
In the immediate plan, the possibility of the Summit of the Americas turning into a diplomatic failure due to the absence of the most important countries in Latin America was skillfully exploited by Bolsonaro and his allies, who did not want Brazil to attend.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon