"I didn't go for a walk," says Aldo.
In a statement, the Minister of Sport responded that he was invited by the Cuban government and was on an official mission during a trip to the island of Raul and Fidel Castro during Carnival; "I didn't go on vacation to Cuba. I went to work, as the agenda shows," says Aldo Rebelo; but what were his wife and son doing in the country, flying the wings of the Brazilian Air Force?; although the minister claims they were on the official list of the delegation, their names are not included; why do Brazilian politicians make so many mistakes over so little?
247 "I didn't go on vacation to Cuba," stated the Minister of Sport, Aldo Rebelo, in a note refuting the claims. Folha's report From S.Paulo this Wednesday, the 24th. According to the article, the minister traveled to the island during Carnival this year and took his wife and son with him, hitching a ride on a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane. In the statement, Aldo says he went to the country at the invitation of the local government.
The question remains: if he was going to work, why did the minister bring his wife and son at the government's expense? According to calculations by Folha, the price for two people, for a round trip between Brasília and Havana on civil aviation, can reach R$ 5.500. Although the minister claims that his family had also been invited by Raúl Castro's government, neither of their names appears on the official list of the delegation.
In his response, Aldo describes the commitments fulfilled by the Ministry of Sport delegation during the trip and It provides links to news reports. about the mission to Cuba, published by various Brazilian and Cuban media outlets.
Recently, three other politicians, besides Aldo Rebelo, used official FAB (Brazilian Air Force) jets for personal engagements. These were the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, Henrique Eduardo Alves (PMDB-RN), and the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), and the Minister of Social Security, Garibaldi Alves. In total, the three reimbursed the government R$ 44.245,29 for their flights. And Aldo, will he reimburse you?
Read below the full text of the statement released by the minister:
Clarification note: Trip to Cuba was for work.
Minister Aldo Rebelo's trip to Cuba was widely publicized by the Ministry of Sport's own media outlets and by national and international press outlets.
It was an official mission. "I didn't go on vacation to Cuba. I went to work, as the agenda shows," says Aldo. During their stay in Cuba, the officials from the Ministry of Sport fulfilled several commitments.
The minister was received by the Vice President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz, and by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Rogerio Sierra, and met twice with the president and directors of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) and with the management of the company Cubadeportes. In addition, the Minister of Sport visited the Manuel Fajardo University of Sciences, Physical Culture and Sport.
In these meetings, the creation of working groups and exchanges between Brazil and Cuba was formalized during this period of preparation of Brazilian athletes and Brazilian sports infrastructure for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Ministry of Sport and INDER signed the agreement that creates the Working Group for Monitoring the Activities Program for the three-year period 2013/2016.
The National Secretary for High-Performance Sports, Ricardo Leyser, and the executive director of the Brazilian Anti-Doping Agency, Marco Aurelio Klein, also finalized cooperation agreements in Havana.
Cuba will collaborate with Brazil in training doping control officers. In football, the Ministry of Sport, in partnership with the Rio de Janeiro Football Federation, will offer a refereeing course for Cubans. The three best-ranked referees will do an internship at the Rio de Janeiro federation. Furthermore, arrangements are being made for under-20 football players to also be received for training at Brazilian clubs.