Raphael Machado, a member of Association “Sovereignty”, participated in the virtual conference that was broadcast on the YouTube channel of the Brazilian Navy Reserve Commander, Robinson Farinazzo Casal, who is also a member of the panel of experts of this think tank.

The conference was held live where the thousands of people who nourished the audience were able to appreciate the points of view of Machado, Commander Farinazzo and Carlos Velasco.

Likewise, it was reported what “Sovereignty” consists of, the type of content produced by this think tank, as well as a distinction was made about the plurality of national origin of the experts that make up this community and people were asked to frequent the multimedia of Association “Sovereignty” – which has a daily update – and experts were invited to join this team of analysts.

Issuing his opinion on the U.S. tariff imposition against Brazilian agriculture, Machado recalled that the dispute over ethanol between Brazil and the United States has a certain history, explaining “There has been this controversy between Brazil and the U.S., around biofuels, for about 20 or 25 years. It dates back to the time of George W. Bush and, here, when Lula himself held the presidency of Brazil. And at that time — at least on the part of Brazil, as far as we know — there was an intention to create a kind of OPEC for biofuels. In other words, some kind of international structure for biofuel-producing countries to try to regulate or control, to some extent, the international market. But, in practice, the United States did not want anything like that. Perhaps it was a lack of vision on their part, since their interest was really short-term: to try to displace Brazilian ethanol and biofuels. So this is a long-standing issue.”

After these statements, Machado said that, given this adverse situation for Brazilian agriculture, the export market for such products could be redirected to China.

Continuing with his opinion on this issue, he added: “I would also like to point out another issue that could arise in the future in relation to ethanol – although it has not yet come to light – and that entails risks linked to the classification of groups such as the Red Command and the First Capital Command as terrorist organizations. It is well known, in Brazil, that the First Capital Command controls a part — although not a very large one, according to what I’ve seen, perhaps about 5% or 6% — of Brazilian ethanol production through the control of certain sugar mills. We need to keep an eye on this, as the U.S. may want to highlight this issue to justify tougher measures—such as sanctions—against this sector, which competes with the U.S. biofuels industry.”

Elaborating even more on the dimension of Brazilian trade, he said that he has a concern because he is not certain that, in Brazil, there is a creative elite to overcome contrary situations and improve the functioning of its system and that the pressure of an “agricultural lobby” is evident, but he cannot say the same about the existence of an “industrial lobby.”

Leaving the internal order of Brazil, Machado also pointed out that the German elite is conditioned by affiliation to the pro-Westernist and globalist ideology and cannot, therefore, solve the energy crisis suffered by the business community and the people in general of Germany.

“I don’t think Mertz is willing to make changes. He is part of that group that plays ‘old politics’. And, well, you also have to see that the United States knows very well how to exploit the ambitions of the German elites: elites willing to subject Germany to years of misery and decadence, if necessary,” he said.