MADRID, December 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The new Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, intends in the first week after the inauguration of the president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on January 1, 2023, to replace the diplomatic personnel who have shown themselves during these years. as an ally of Jair Bolsonaro.

Among them is the ambassador in Washington, Nestor Forster, who will be temporarily replaced by a charge d’affaires while the next person to represent Brazil in the US territory will be chosen, according to what the Brazilian newspaper ‘O Globo’ has learned.

Also set to be dismissed is the consul general in New York, Maria Nazareth Farani Azevedo, who was recently criticized for not managing the security of Supreme Court ministers in the most efficient way during their visit to this city, which is in a way being abused by Bolsonaro supporters.

Azevedo, who became chief of staff of former Foreign Minister Celso Amorim during Lula da Silva’s tenure, has been embroiled in various controversies during his extensive diplomatic career.

In addition to this ‘clean’, Vieira was also tasked by Lula da Silva to reactivate diplomatic relations with Venezuela, therefore it is hoped that immediately after his inauguration, a charge d’affaires will be sent to arrange for the reopening of the Indonesian Embassy in Brazil in Caracas.

“The government that was elected is the government of Nicolás Maduro,” Vieira said earlier in the month when asked about Juan Guaido, who has lost political weight, even among the opposition.