Brazil's Bolsonaro names Trump fan top diplomat as Cuba relations sour

[Judi Lynn]

 Anthony Boadle
4 MIN READ

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro chose an admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump’s conservative nationalism as his top diplomat on Wednesday, while escalating tensions with communist Cuba over a medical aid program.

Bolsonaro’s pick of career diplomat Ernesto Araujo, 51, underscored Brazil’s sharp turn to the right and the reversal of nearly a decade and a half of diplomacy under leftist Workers Party governments that focused on alliances with South American allies and ideological partners - including Cuba.

“Brazil’s foreign policy should be part of this moment of regeneration that Brazil is living right now,” Bolsonaro, a longstanding Trump admirer, wrote on Twitter.

In another sign of Brazil’s new foreign policy direction under Bolsonaro, the former army captain announced he would grant asylum to any Cuban national who asks for it. That came after Cuba said it would pull thousands of its doctors from Brazil after Bolsonaro questioned their training and demanded changes to their contracts.

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[mr_lebowski]

1. Yeah, well ... you're hitching your wagon to the WRONG asshole, Jair ...

Then again, you're a total asshole yourself, so ... not surprising I suppose.

[GatoGordo]

2. Plenty of assholes to go around in this scenario (eom)