President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has taken a carrot-and-stick approach to asserting authority over Brazil s armed forces and containing sympathies in the barracks for his predecessor after.
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has taken a carrot-and-stick approach to asserting authority over Brazil's .
Above all, it wants armored vehicles to replace the 50-year-old Cascavel, and is in talks with Italy's Iveco-Oto Melara Consortium, which is 50% owned by Leonardo, he said. GENIE OUT OF THE BOTTLE Whether a splurge on military hardware will help tamp down pro-Bolsonaro sentiment in the armed forces is open to question. Lula has asked the commanders to rid the barracks of politics, the source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has taken a carrot-and-stick approach to asserting authority over Brazil's armed forces and containing sympathies in the barracks for his predecessor after violent unrest in the capital this month.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Efforts by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to turn an Independence Day military parade into a political event for his re-election campaign has become a test of the armed forces' loyalty, retired generals and analysts said.