Argentine President Javier Milei met on Monday in Buenos Aires with Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, and expressed his explicit support for the far-right senator’s candidacy ahead of Brazil’s presidential election in October.
The official X account of the Office of the President of Argentina published a photograph of Milei standing alongside Bolsonaro, which the Argentine leader subsequently shared on his personal social media channels, adding that “the blue tide is coming to Brazil with Flávio Bolsonaro.”
The Brazilian senator quoted Milei’s post, stating: “Very soon, the blue wave will also arrive in Brazil! If Argentina had the chainsaw, Brazil will have a massive slashing of taxes, bureaucracy, and corruption! Thank you, President Milei!”
Bolsonaro, whom opinion polls position as the primary electoral challenger to progressive President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—who is seeking re-election—is currently in Argentina to participate in a gathering of Latin American politicians organized by the Israel Allies Foundation, a US-based Christian organization that promotes support for Israel.
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“Fortunately, today we are witnessing a new awakening throughout the entire region, where the left continues to retreat. First, they lost in Chile. Last week, they lost in Colombia. We already know they lost in Peru, and I hope that in October, they lose in Brazil,” Milei exclaimed during his speech at the foundation’s event on Monday.
The diplomatic relationship between Milei and Lula has been friction-filled since the start of the Argentine administration. Milei has repeatedly demonstrated open support for the Bolsonaro family, particularly former President Jair Bolsonaro, who remains a deeply polarizing figure in Brazilian politics.
While early polling figures showed Flávio Bolsonaro technically tied with Lula in potential second-round scenarios, his campaign has lost ground in recent weeks following the public disclosure of private conversations he held with a prominent banker implicated in one of Brazil’s largest financial fraud scandals in decades.
