Brasilia (AFP) – Brazil's Attorney General's Office called on Thursday for an investigation into an alleged plan by Donald Trump's US government to use public funds to promote an "extreme right-wing agenda" in the South American country.
First modification: 02/10/2026 - 18:20
The Attorney General, Jorge Messias, presented this petition a day after the British newspaper The Guardian published an article in which he states that the Trump government plans to finance organizations that oppose the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil with one million dollars, according to a statement from his office.
Brazil holds highly contested presidential elections on Sunday, between the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
The article in the British newspaper is "an important alert for Brazilian sovereignty," Messias wrote in X.
He added that Brazil "cannot admit that foreign political interests seek to interfere" in Brazilian institutions.
For the Attorney General's Office, the article is "especially serious, given the Brazilian electoral process and the recent episodes of external pressure on the country's institutions," it stated in a note.
Trump was a close ally of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, Flávio's father, and has endorsed several right-wing candidates in recent elections in Latin America.
Lula, 80 years old and seeking his fourth term, has said that Trump should not "interfere" in the elections.
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