First Lady Michele Bolsonaro and former Women’s Minister Damares Alves met this Monday (17) with community leaders from a social project that helps Venezuelan refugees living in Brasilia.

This is the same group that President Jair Bolsonaro (Poland) mentioned during a podcast last week that sparked controversy after the president said he “painted the mood” when he saw Venezuelan girls aged 14 and 15. Information taken from the Correio Braziliense website.

First Lady Michele Bolsonaro and former Women’s Minister Damares Alves spoke with Venezuelan leaders on Monday (17) – Photo: Reproduction / Social media

The meeting was agreed to by the main leaders of the community, which, in addition to the former minister and first lady, was attended by the Venezuelan ambassador to Brasilia, Maria Teresa Belandria. Michelle and the President must make a public statement about what happened.

In an interview with the Uol website last Sunday (16), the Venezuelan, who asked not to be named, said that the place mentioned by the president was a public action.

“That day there was an action that took place in the house. A Brazilian who was taking a course in aesthetics came here to practice what she had learned in haircuts and brow design. So we got a group of women together and this is what happened that day,” the woman said.

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President Jair Bolsonaro’s (LP) comment on young women in a podcast interview last Friday (14) resonated on social media.

“They were neat. I saw that they are similar. There was an atmosphere, I entered the house and saw that they were all Venezuelans. And everyone was getting ready. And then I ask: girls from 14 to 15 years old are going on Saturday? What for? Do you want this for your daughter? Wrong choice,” he said.

Bolsonaro also said that “the world is cruel” and “Venezuela is no different.”

The President also used this example to illustrate a point he always maintains in his speeches: the fear that Brazil could “become Venezuela” if former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) wins the election.