Heleno takes office with an attack on Dilma: he didn't believe in intelligence.
"Our mission is to handle the president's security and travel and to take care of the Brazilian intelligence system. This system, which was recovered by Etchegoyen, was dismantled by Ms. Rousseff, who did not believe in intelligence," said General Augusto Heleno, head of the Institutional Security Office and one of the strongmen of Bolsonarism.
Brazil Agency – The Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI), General Augusto Heleno, said today (2) that the intelligence area, “melted down” by former President Dilma Rousseff, was rescued by General and friend Sérgio Etchegoyen. “Our mission is to deal with the security and travel of the president and to take care of the Brazilian intelligence system. This system, which was recovered by Etchegoyen, was melted down by Mrs. Rousseff who did not believe in intelligence,” he criticized, to applause from the guests.
In addition to the GSI (Institutional Security Office), at the same ceremony, the first on President Jair Bolsonaro's agenda after being sworn in, three other ministries directly linked to the Presidency of the Republic had their handover ceremonies: the Civil House (Onyx Lorenzoni), the General Secretariat of the Presidency (Gustavo Bebiano), and the Government Secretariat (General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz).
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After the handover ceremony for the ministers, Bolsonaro meets with... US Secretary of State Mike PompeoThe meeting will be with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ernesto Araújo, at 10:00 AM. Following that, the conversation will be with the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Then, he will meet with the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, and the Vice-President of the Chinese Parliament, Ji Bingxuan.