As Brazil prepares to hold elections next month, Latin America’s biggest nation is taking steps to shield its democracy from potential American meddling.
Supporters of the right-wing presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro waved American flags and brandished a blowup doll of President Trump clutching an imprisoned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at a rally this month in São Paulo, Brazil.
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
The advances were for two books that will be published by a company owned by a longtime friend and business associate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who also sits atop a constellation of MAHA-related entities.
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
The advances were for two books that will be published by a company owned by a longtime friend and business associate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who also sits atop a constellation of MAHA-related entities.