O chefe do Comando Sul dos Estados Unidos, almirante Craig Faller, disse nesta quinta (23) que tornar-se um parceiro da Otan é uma decisão que só depende do Brasil.
Entre os países que não são integrantes da aliança, mas ‘parceiros’, estão Austrália, Coreia do Sul e Japão. Nas Américas, apenas a Colômbia tem esse status, que permite cooperação mais próxima com os integrantes da Otan e até participação em operações.
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00:00O almirante Craig Feller, chefe do Comando Sul dos Estados Unidos, deu uma entrevista coletiva na manhã desta quinta-feira em Brasília.
00:09O almirante comentou as relações próximas entre os militares americanos e brasileiros.
00:13O almirante está de saída. Ele se aposenta em outubro, após 38 anos de serviço na Marinha.
00:19Ele não quis comentar os veículos fumacentos do recente desfile bolsonarista ou se constituem uma ameaça às milícias do Rio de Janeiro.
00:30I'm nearing the end of a 38-year career in the United States military.
00:33And this will be my last overseas official trip in that 38-year career.
00:42And nearing three years as the commander of the United States Southern.
00:47And we carefully and strategically chose Brazil for that visit because of the importance of our long-standing relationship that goes back to World War II.
00:57and the exceptional work that we have done together, military to military, over the many years since.
01:07And the utmost respect that I have, my command has, and the entire U.S. military has for the professionals in the Brazilian Armed Forces.
01:16So the purpose of this visit is to renew and reinvigorate that relationship which we've made great progress on in my three years
01:26and continue to strengthen it.
01:28The relationships only go one of two ways, and we are committed to making this relationship stronger.
01:33We've reviewed the accomplishments of the last three years and talked about things that we want to work on together.
01:41We start all the conversations with our education programs where we exchange officers and enlisted at our top schools.
01:50And that includes U.S. students coming to Brazil.
01:53Brazil's four colleges are world-class.
01:56And I will visit tomorrow the Superior War College in Rio, and I'll speak there.
02:01It'll be my third visit to that war college.
02:04It's a gold standard of war colleges.
02:06We talk about our exercise program.
02:08In 2019, Brazil hosted UNITAS, which is the longest-serving maritime exercise in U.S. history, but Brazil hosted.
02:17And Brazil will host UNITAS again in 2022.
02:20And UNITAS is a great name for what we do as militaries, what we strive to do, which is achieve unity and peace by working together.
02:29Admiral, if I may, I might make two quick questions.
02:32You talk a lot about preparedness.
02:35Early this month, the Brazilian government organized a parade of military vehicles, which was supposed to be a demonstration of strength.
02:42And what we saw was a parade of Navy vehicles that were licking smoke.
02:50In terms of preparedness, how much has the Brazilian equipment, the Brazilian military equipment, evolved in these last three years that have been followed in Southcon?
03:00The second question I have is you talk about military groups, about transnational criminal organizations.
03:07With the support of the recent Brazilian government, the import and sale of fire weapons has tripled in the last two years.
03:17And Brazil's Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, which is the eldest son of the president, he has ties to a militia group in Rio.
03:27He actually employed in his cabinet the former wife and the mother of a now-deceased militia member, Capitão Adriano, which was killed last year.
03:35How concerned are you about militia groups in Rio de Janeiro?
03:40So when we talk about education and training, which is the key, the most important thing we do in the military is educate and train our teams to be ready.
03:49So that training involves maintenance training.
03:52And maintenance, ensuring that our equipment is ready day in and day out to meet the range of threats is important.
04:02It's also challenging.
04:04Just think about how difficult the maintenance is on all of your own vehicles and cars and then take something that has high-tech in it, different types of engines that are designed for high performance.
04:16And so this comes up in all our conversations.
04:18I'm not aware of the parade or anything associated with a parade, but every nation works hard.
04:26The United States works very hard to maintain our gear, and it is always both a strength and an area that needs improvement.
04:34And I know that was a topic of discussion here with the Brazilian.
04:37We do maintenance exchanges as part of our training and education program.
04:40We look into the future as to how we do security cooperation.
04:46And when Brazil makes a decision for foreign military sales to the United States, which they do, and we welcome it because U.S. equipment is built to last,
04:56and it comes with guarantees and maintenance and training, we talk about what that looks like for sustainability into the future.
05:04And then as part of your second question, as I mentioned earlier, I've studied the employment and the Brazilian Armed Forces,
05:17and I look at my own force, and I look at the ethical use of that force,
05:22and I'm confident that the professionals that I'm working with are working hard to do the right thing every day.
05:29And I'm not privy or haven't studied the details of any interactions with militia and members of the President's family.
