The Workers' Party (PT) is trying to save agribusiness from the damage caused by Bolsonaro.
The president of the Workers' Party (PT), congresswoman Gleisi Hoffmann (PT-PR), and the leader of the party's caucus, congressman Paulo Pimenta (PT-RS), submitted requests to ministers Ernesto Araújo (Foreign Affairs), Teresa Cristina (Agriculture), and Paulo Guedes (Economy), asking them to explain the damage being caused to agribusiness by the Jair Bolsonaro government. Gleisi and Pimenta, who come from states with strong agricultural backgrounds, cite the distancing from Arab countries and China, which are major importers of agribusiness products. "We have to save the productive sector from Bolsonaro," she says.
247 - Agribusiness, which supported Jair Bolsonaro's election, may be saved from the damage being inflicted on the sector by the Workers' Party, however paradoxical that may seem. This is because, with the new foreign policy implemented by Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo, subservient to the interests of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, rural producers have been the most affected. In less than two months of government, rural producers have already suffered two setbacks: the suspension of meat imports by Arab countries and China's decision to replace soybean imports with grains from the United States – a loss that could reach billions.
"We need to stop this process of destruction of agribusiness as soon as possible," says congresswoman Gleisi Hoffmann (PT-PR), president of the PT party. "We need to protect rural producers from the Jair Bolsonaro government," reinforces congressman Paulo Pimenta (PT-RS). Both, who come from states with a strong agricultural presence, have submitted three requests for ministers Ernesto Araújo (Foreign Affairs), Teresa Cristina (Agriculture), and Paulo Guedes (Economy) to explain the damage being caused to rural producers.
They cite $47 billion in exports to China, now threatened by Brazil's subservience to Donald Trump's interests, and $13,6 billion in sales to Arab League countries, also threatened by Bolsonaro's subservience to Netanyahu. Finally, they also mention the decision made by the Finance Ministry to allow imports of European milk – which led several milk producers to become repentant Bolsonaro supporters. According to Pimenta and Gleisi, it doesn't matter whether they supported Bolsonaro or not. "What matters now is defending national interests," she says.
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