Desconhecido: The Batista brothers, as Wesley recalls, even the people from Joia as well, are very closely linked to Trump over there; some even say they helped finance Trump's campaign, and they can and should participate like other Brazilian businessmen.
Desconhecido: Now, the government being a minority in parliament is not a disaster.
Sometimes there is a majority in parliament built on quid pro quo patronage, which, by the way, has plagued the Brazilian Republic for many decades.
Desconhecido: Nowadays, unlike before, Brazil sends only 12% of its total exports to the United States.
Kim Kataguiri: Just as the Batista brothers are very influential and friends of Trump, they are also friends of President Lula and, historically, relied on his policies of promoting national champions to become what they are today — to drive smaller slaughterhouses out of business and buy them up using the subsidies and tax and credit privileges that were granted during Lula's government.