U.S. President Joe Biden's defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, is expected to call on militaries to respect democracy at an Americas-wide defense gathering this week in Brazil, a senior U.S. defense official said.
Those expected remarks - while not specifically directed at Brazil - are likely to turn heads there ahead of its Oct. 2 election, where Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro formally launched his re-election bid on Sunday by saying "the Army is on our side."
Bolsonaro, a former Army captain, told diplomats earlier this month that the Brazilian military should be called in to help secure transparency in the Oct. 2 election. He has pushed electoral authorities to accept a parallel vote count to be carried out by the armed forces. They have ruled that out." should simply make clear that the military should stay out of the election and allow any disputes about the election to be resolved by constitutional means," U.S.
"Secretary Austin ... is walking into a political tempest in which Brazilians are trying to measure the level of institutional support for a potential effort to undo the results of the elections," Shannon told Reuters. The U.S. State Department has recently affirmed its confidence in Brazil's electoral system, a rare step during a heated, polarizing campaign.
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