{"id":54208,"date":"2021-03-30T21:33:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T21:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/30\/brazil-military-chiefs-quit-as-bolsonaro-seeks-their-support\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:01:40","slug":"brazil-military-chiefs-quit-as-bolsonaro-seeks-their-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/the-americas\/2021\/03\/30\/brazil-military-chiefs-quit-as-bolsonaro-seeks-their-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil military chiefs quit as Bolsonaro seeks their support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RIO DE JANEIRO \u2014 The leaders of all three branches of Brazil\u2019s armed forces jointly resigned Tuesday following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/the-americas\/2018\/12\/21\/brazils-oil-revenue-is-set-to-fuel-multibillion-dollar-warship-program\/\" target=_blank>President Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s<\/a> replacement of the defense minister, causing widespread apprehension of a military shakeup to serve the president\u2019s political interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Ministry reported the resignations \u2014 apparently unprecedented since at least the end of military rule 36 years ago \u2014 in a statement released without giving reasons. Replacements were not named. But analysts expressed fears the president, increasingly under pressure, was moving to assert greater control over the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince 1985, we haven\u2019t had news of such clear intervention of the president with regard to the armed forces,\u201d said Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolsonaro, a conservative former army captain who has often praised Brazil\u2019s former period of military dictatorship, has relied heavily on current and former soldiers to staff key Cabinet positions since taking office in January 2019, but Melo said the military itself has so far refrained from politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWill this resistance continue?,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/the-americas\/2018\/12\/21\/brazils-oil-revenue-is-set-to-fuel-multibillion-dollar-warship-program\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-578334674.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Brazil\u2019s oil revenue is set to fuel multibillion-dollar warship program<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Four European shipbuilders are keeping a close eye on Brazil&#039;s financial situation, as a March deadline approaches to submit final proposals for a corvette program.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement came after the heads of the army, navy and air force met with the new defense minister, Gen. Walter Souza Braga Netto, Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolsonaro on Monday carried out a shake-up of top Cabinet positions that was initially seen as a response to demands for a course correction by lawmakers, diplomats and economists, particularly over his handling of the pandemic that has caused more than 300,000 deaths in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That included the replacement of Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo e Silva, who said in his resignation letter that he had \u201cpreserved the armed forces as state institutions,\u201d a nod at his effort to keep generals out of politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232021162.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232021162.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232021162.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232021162.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232021162.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1232021162.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Brazilian Minister of Defense Fernando Azevedo e Silva salutes as he arrives at the Defense Ministry building in Brasilia, on March 30, 2021. Azevedo e Silva was dismissed by President Jair Bolsonaro in the ministerial reform carried out this week and will be replaced by the former Chief of Staff Braga Netto. (Evaristo Sa\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolsonaro has often bristled at the checks and balances imposed by other branches of government and has attended protests targeting the Supreme Court and Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has also criticized the Supreme Court for upholding local governments\u2019 rights to adopt pandemic restrictions that he adamantly opposes, arguing that the economic effects are worse than the disease itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His recent slide in popularity, and the sudden likelihood that he will face leftist former President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva in the 2022 presidential election, has analysts saying he\u2019s looking to the armed forces for support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired Gen. Carlos Alberto Santos Cruz, who previously served as Bolsonaro\u2019s government secretary, appeared to refer to such concerns when he responded to early rumors of military resignations with a tweet saying, \u201cTHE ARMED FORCES WON\u2019T GO ON AN ADVENTURE.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Brazil\u2019s return to democracy in 1985, the armed forces have tried to keep a distance from partisan political quarrels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe government has to give explanations to the population about the change in the Defense Ministry,\u201d Gen. Santos Cruz added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. K\u00e1tia Abreu, who heads the Senate\u2019s foreign relations commission, said it would be \u201cprudent\u201d for the new defense to minister speak to \u201ccalm the nation down about the impossibility of a military intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have a conviction that we built a strong democracy. The armed forces are part of the Brazilian state and they have the confidence of all of us,\u201d said Abreu, a right-leaning Bolsonaro critic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, Bolsonaro began mentioning the armed forces in connection with his dispute with state governors and mayors over restrictive measures meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Latin America\u2019s largest nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy army doesn\u2019t go to the street to force people to stay at home,\u201d Bolsonaro told reporters on March 19. There are fresh concerns he could deploy soldiers to override such restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Traumann, an independent political analyst, told The Associated Press that it was the first time in living memory that all leaders of the armed forces had quit simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe wants people who will do whatever he wants, and so it is extremely risky,\u201d Traumann said. \u201cHe can put the army out to allow people to go to work. So the army would be in his hands, and not in the hands of the generals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolsonaro saw his popularity rise last year, thanks to a generous pandemic welfare aid program. That popularity has dropped since the program ended in December, and there have been renewed protests against him as the nation\u2019s daily death toll surged to the highest in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further clouding the outlook for Bolsonaro is the reemergence of former President da Silva after a Supreme Court justice annulled two corruption convictions and restored his political rights. Early polls show he would be a formidable challenger in next year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics of Bolsonaro say they fear he might echo former U.S. President Donald Trump by questioning an election loss \u2014 but taking stronger measures to resist it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolsonaro also replaced Foreign Minister Ernesto Ara\u00fajo, who was accused by some of impeding the supply of vaccines by making comments seen as insulting to the Chinese and by not aggressively seeking sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolsonaro also named a new justice and public security minister and a new government secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, Bolsonaro also replaced his health minister, active-duty army Gen. Eduardo Pazuello, the third health minister to leave office since the beginning of the pandemic. Pazuello, whose tenure coincided with most of Brazil\u2019s 314,000 COVID-19 deaths, was investigated by the Supreme Court for alleged neglect that contributed to the collapse of the health care system in Amazonas state this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bolsonaro also tapped a retired army general to take over state-run oil behemoth Petrobras, seeking to appeal to supportive truck drivers who had threatened to strike over fuel price increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meantime, the pace of vaccination has been slow and the political turmoil is driving people\u2019s attention away from daily record highs in new COVID-19 cases, Melo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With an average of some 2,400 deaths each day, Brazil accounts for a quarter of daily COVID-19 fatalities worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Ministry reported the resignations \u2014 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