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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro presents a Brazil national soccer team jersey to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 19, 2019. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
WASHINGTON—Brazil and the United States have formed a new relationship based on their presidents’ shared rejection of socialism.
Brazil’s new President Jair Bolsonaro chose to make his first bilateral overseas trip to Washington, where he sealed a “promising alliance” between his country and the United States.
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
