President Jair Bolsonaro's speech during the opening of the UN General Assembly held on the 21st of September in New York, is the highlight of the Articles and Interviews selection this Wednesday. Senior Fellows Hussein Kalout, Patrícia Campos Mello and Fernanda Magnotta as well as Trustee Marcus Caramuru present analyses on the speech's repercussions for Brazil in the international arena.

•  "The Irrelevance of Bolsonaro's Speech at the UN" | O Estado de S.Paulo, 09/22/2021.

"The President's radical speech, with passages in a covertly diplomatic tone, will not help the national interest, let alone help confront the country's real problems, such as the widespread hunger, unemployment and hopelessness present in an only minimally worthy future awaiting Brazilians." | Read Senior Fellow Hussein Kalout's article here.

• "Bolsonaro Not Only Embarasses Brazil but Also Trivializes the Country's Evil" | UOL, 09/22/2021.

"It is true that Bolsonaro embarassed Brazil at the UN and in front of the world, but this, unfortunately, is not the worst part of his trip to New York. This was yet another chapter in which his allies and the leaders who seek to normalize his wrongdoings trivialized evil in Brazil. This is something very serious." | Read Senior Fellow Fernanda Magnotta's article here.

• "At the UN, Bolsonaro Puts Lipstick on the Pig and Creates a Brazil According to the Parallel Bolsonarista Reality" | Folha de S. Paulo, 09/21/2021.

"In his speech at the opening of the UN General Assembly, President Jair Bolsonaro reinvented the meaning of the expression "to put lipstick on a pig". Bolsonaro distorted reality to such a great extent, that it would be necessary to have a Bolsonarista dictionary to decipher the avalanche of disinformation present in his speech." | Read Senior Fellow Patrícia Campos Mello's article here.

• "Bolsonaro Delivered a Robotic Speech; It Is Clear Where the Foreign Ministry Contributed, Says Expert" | UOL, 09/21/2021.

"I would say that in an arm wrestling match between moderation and eccentricity, eccentricity would win, without a doubt. As a matter of fact, the sections written by the Itamaraty compared to the sections written by Bolsonaro are clearly distinguishable throughout the speech." | Watch Senior Fellow Fernanda Magnotta's interview here.

• "According to Experts, Bolsonaro Addressed the Domestic Public and Missed an Opportunity to Improve Brazil's Image Abroad" | O Globo, 09/21/2021.

"Since Brazil was elected to the UN Security Council, it was reasonable to expect that Bolsonaro's speech would be less focused on defending his administration and more focused on the international scenario, perhaps a speech expressing the Brazilian view of the world scenario [...]" | Read the interview with Trustee Marcos Caramuru here.