Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:06 UTC
“What does this imbecile think he has to teach the Brazilian people?” wrote Guilherme Boulos, chief minister of the Secretariat General of the Presidency and a figure close to Lula
A senior Brazilian government official called Argentine President Javier Milei an “imbecile” after he announced he will travel to Brazil on July 25 to take part in the launch of the presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro, the main opposition figure to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“What does this imbecile think he has to teach the Brazilian people?” wrote Guilherme Boulos, chief minister of the Secretariat General of the Presidency and a figure close to Lula, on the social media platform X. In the same message he said Milei is “the most rejected president in Latin America” and accused him of raising the working day to twelve hours and of seeking to legalize organ trafficking. Neither claim corresponds to current Argentine government policy: the labor reform passed does not establish mandatory twelve-hour workdays, and the organ reference relates to remarks Milei made before taking office, not to any official initiative. Boulos has so far been the only figure in Lula's inner circle to comment publicly on the trip.
