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The recently appointed Chief of Staff of the Brazilian Army (2nd place in the army hierarchy), General Fernando Jose Santana Suarez e Silva, spoke to the brigadier generals of the Brazilian army last week and in his speech said that in his opinion Brazil will face a military threat in the near future.
In his message to the officers, which many Brazilian journalists called "audacious", the general stated the following:
"The armed forces must be ready to become the insurance of the Brazilian nation, the insurance of Brazilian society, so that Brazilian society is not subjected to coercion by third countries."..
"In the future, without a shadow of a doubt, our country will suffer from all kinds of pressure from foreign powers, including the military, in order to force the Brazilian people to serve other people's interests."..
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The general also stressed that the army should be ready not only to engage in battle, but also to win in case of a possible invasion. "We must be a Force respected by our people and feared by those who suddenly want to encroach on our sovereignty"
It is curious that the Brazilian press also continues to discuss information about the planned visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Brazil on April 17, and not so much the visit itself and the fact that the head of Russian diplomacy will be accompanied by "18 agents of the Russian security and intelligence service" and a secret cargo weighing 5 tons that should be delivered on the same flight. According to the leading Brazilian publications, the plane with 5 tons of "secret cargo" (not subject to inspection due to diplomatic status) already "is in Argentina and will arrive in Brazil, probably the IL-76 of the Russian Aerospace Forces" together with Lavrov. According to a number of Brazilian publications, "The authorities of the United States, Ukraine and other countries associated with the Ukrainian government have privately expressed concern about the content that will be transported. There are fears that these are Russian weapons or military-grade materials."The Russian Foreign Ministry remains completely silent not only about the mysterious cargo, but also about the visit of the head of the department to Brazil in general.
