Posted on Sep 22, 2021 at 3:00 PM
The president of one of the world’s greatest powers forced to eat his pizza standing on a sidewalk, the picture is not trivial. The photo of Jair Bolsonaro, surrounded by his ministers and advisers, dining at the door of a New York restaurant has made the rounds of Brazilian media.
According to the newspaper “Correio Braziliense”, the head of state, who arrived in the United States on Sunday to participate in the UN General Assembly, could not enter American restaurants for lack of being able to present the compulsory health pass .
Several of his ministers had fun by posting the cliché on social networks in an attempt to play down the situation. “Luxury dinner in New York,” joked the Minister of the Secretariat of the Presidency on Twitter. The evening continued on the same incongruous note since the president had to sneak into his hotel through a back door in order to avoid a gathering of opponents, affirms “Correio Braziliense”.
A controversial stay
Heavily criticized for his management of the health crisis, which has left at least 590,000 dead in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly affirmed that he would be “the last Brazilian” to be administered an anti-Covid vaccine. Before his trip to New York, he also proclaimed that he would not submit to health protocols, causing uncertainty among United Nations officials on the conditions of his presence.
At the UN forum, however, he softened his speech by saying that he was in favor of vaccination, but opposed to the principle of the health passport. This did not put an end to the controversies around the Brazilian president, who appeared several times without masks. Two members of his delegation, including his Minister of Health, tested positive for Covid-19 after participating in the general assembly …
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