Brazilian-Cuban relations
Map indicating locations of Brazil and Cuba

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Then-Cuban President Fidel Castro and Brazilian President Lula da Silva talking in September 2003

Brazilian-Cuban relations are Bilateralism and Diplomacy of the Sovereign States of Brazil and Cuba.

After the 1964 Brazilian coup, the military regime in Brazil severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which were only restored after Brazil's redemocratization in 1986.

During a January 2008 state visit to Cuba by Brazilian President Lula da Silva, the Brazilian leader expressed desire for his country to be Cuba's "number one partner".[1]

In May 2008 following a meeting of their foreign ministers, it was described as "excellent".[1]

After the election of Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 Brazilian general election, relations between Cuba and Brazil worsened, exemplified by the cessation of the program agreed to by the governments of Dilma Rousseff and Raúl Castro for Cuban doctors to provide medical treatment to tens of millions of poor and indigenous Brazilians.[2] President Bolsonaro ended the Mais Medicos (More Doctors) programme, and thousands of Cuban doctors left Brazil.[3][4]

In addition, in November 2019, Brazil for the first time voted against an annual United Nations resolution condemning and calling for an end to the United States' economic embargo on Cuba.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Cuba-Brazil Relations Get New Impulse Archived August 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at juventuderebelde.co.cu
  2. ↑ Darlington, Shasta; Casado, Letícia (11 June 2019). "Brazil Fails to Replace Cuban Doctors, Hurting Health Care of 28 Million". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Brazil's Bolsonaro threatens to cut diplomatic ties with Cuba". Reuters. 2 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Boadle, Anthony (22 November 2018). "Cuban doctors head home, leaving Brazilian towns with no care". Reuters. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Paraguassu, Lisandra; Boadle, Anthony (6 November 2019). "Exclusive: Brazil likely to vote with U.S. against Cuba at U.N. over embargo". Reuters. Retrieved 7 August 2023.


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