The U.S. State Department announced Thursday the designation of two gangs, the Commando Vermelho (CV) and the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), as terrorist organizations. The announcement came two days after Senator Flávio Bolsonaro—the son of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and a candidate in October’s presidential election—visited the White House and met with President Donald Trump. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox Brazil’s Foreign Ministry was informed of the designation only minutes before the announcement, according to Valor Econômico. Lula, speaking at an event in Brazil’s northeast Friday, said Washington was “playing games with our sovereignty.” Lula said that, while CV and PCC “are terrorists because they torment families, neighborhoods, and the city,” they “are not the sort of terrorists that Trump is looking for. Trump wants an Osama Bin Laden figure.” Lula slammed the younger Bolsonaro for what called “the utter shamelessness to betray our homeland by traveling to the United States to beg for American intervention in Brazil.” The PCC and CV are just two of several gangs that now control more territory in many Brazilian states than the Brazilian government itself. Other major factions which control territory in Brazil include the Terceiro…
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