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Chapter 942: The end of the UK and the Netherlands, Brazil - the election adds variables

"The United Kingdom does not particularly want to see Prime Minister Fonseca successfully re-elected as Prime Minister of Brazil in the general election, but for the West Palace to replace a more pro-British Prime Minister."

"This is the basic attitude and position of the United Kingdom, but I think there should still be questions about whether the domestic elections and domestic politics in the Brazilian Empire will develop in the direction expected by some political forces in the United Kingdom."

Nicholas Pierson, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, directly expressed his views on the Brazilian Empire’s election.

"According to what we have, there is news that due to the united resistance of the Thirteen-nation Group of South America, the influence of traditional European powers such as the United Kingdom in Latin America has been deteriorating, and the situation is extremely difficult. The United Kingdom and other countries are planning to let Fonce Card stepped down and instead supported Brazilian Emperor Pedro II in Brazil to support a Brazilian cabinet prime minister who was completely subservient to the interests of traditional European powers."

"The United Kingdom and other countries are formulating plans to involve the Brazilian Empire and the surrounding Thirteen Latin American Groups in conflicts, especially Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia, which border Brazil. From north to south, these countries border the fringes of Brazil. Brazil has border disputes with these countries, so if Brazil is supported by the United Kingdom and other countries, Pedro II may take the opportunity to break the relationship and consolidate the people's support for his pro-government."

"With all of this, it seems that Prime Minister Fonseca, who is moderate towards neighboring countries, has undoubtedly become a stumbling block to this strategy of the United Kingdom and Pedro II."

On the contrary, British newspapers published the words of British Foreign Secretary Greville in the newspaper. Greville said that during a secret visit to the UK, the Brazilian opposition Labor Party Colacci said: "We in Brazil should be in the UK, the Netherlands or Germany, Austria, Britain and Portugal and the Group of Thirteen "In the middle of the conflict, they stand on the side of Germany, Austria, Britain and Portugal"

Greville said that this was a clear message to Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Portugal and other countries, promising that if he came to power, he would take a stand against the Netherlands and the Group of Thirteen.

Fonseca, the current Prime Minister of Brazil, is undoubtedly very aware of this. He has publicly criticized Britain for intervening in Brazil's internal affairs many times recently. At the end of March, British Ambassador to Brazil Fletcher met secretly with Brazil's opposition candidate Colerchi in Rio de Janeiro, and once expressed the anger of Prime Minister Fonseca.

On April 18, Soy, the interior minister of the Fonseca cabinet government, publicly criticized Portugal and the United Kingdom for intervening in Brazil-domestic elections. On May 30, Soy once again claimed that the United Kingdom and Portugal would jointly "try to complete the coup they launched during the Brazilian Prime Ministerial Election in 1881" on the election day of June 30.

On June 23 (yesterday) local time, during the last two days of election rallies, Fonseca also publicly accused the Brazilian opposition Colecchi and the Brazilian Emperor Pedro II of "cooperating" with Portugal's Luis I in an attempt to overthrow the His democratically elected government returned to the colonial powers of the past, returning to the Portuguese colonial era.

Portugal and the United Kingdom refused to acknowledge the accusations in the face of Fonseca's accusations. A spokesman for the British Prime Minister's Office at No. 10 Downing Street responded that Brazil is a friend of the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom is very optimistic about its influence in South America. The United Kingdom is paying close attention to this election, but London "will not take sides in the election."

Gray, the diplomatic secretary of the Portuguese royal family Louis I, also publicly stated in Lisbon, "Portugal does not recognize Prime Minister Fonseca's accusations. Our history with Brazil is well known, but this is not an accusation against Portugal's relationship with Pedro II and Colecci." On the contrary, Portugal is sincerely willing to strengthen its relations with Brazil and is approaching it with goodwill rather than a colonial mentality. In this regard, we condemn those people and organizations that undermine the development of normal relations between Brazil and Portugal."

However, countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and Portugal are not so polite.

"A close friend of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Fonseca, the only powerful Brazilian man capable of full dialogue with the Netherlands"

The British "London Times" reported on Fonseca's anti-Western and pro-Dutch tradition with this title.

On the one hand, an analysis in this newspaper believes that since Brazil is currently the only South American power in South America that can have comprehensive dialogue with the Netherlands and the Group of 13, the results of the Brazilian election will have an "important impact" on the Netherlands and the Group of 13.

Berliner Zeitung: “During his two decades in power in Brazil, Fonseca pursued a non-aligned foreign policy that displeased Britain and Portugal but provided opportunities for the Netherlands in Latin America, especially in the Anglo-Dutch conflict After the outbreak of the war for Chile, the relationship between Brazil and the Kingdom of the Netherlands under the Fonseca cabinet government became even more important."

Portugal's "Lisbon Daily": "After the Anglo-Dutch conflict broke out in 1878, Brazil under Fonseca rejected the application of British warships to dock in Brazilian ports for repairs. On the contrary, Argentina was very happy, which to a certain extent undermined Brazil. The friendship with Britain implicitly supported the Dutch side. This also undermined Britain's global deployment. After all, Fonseca's cabinet government also provided a market for Dutch industrial products and capital.

At a time when relations between the Netherlands and traditional European powers are becoming increasingly severe, Brazil under Fonseca has not only become a market for Dutch industrial products and a source of agricultural products. It has also become the biggest breakthrough for the Netherlands to continue to expand its influence in Latin America after completing the integration of the Group of Thirteen.”

Hugh Smith, President of the University of Cambridge and Dean of the School of Political Science, said in the Australian Daily that after the outbreak of the Anglo-Dutch conflict, while Europe and Asia have expressed their stance, and many Latin American countries have taken sides, Brazil has become a major regional foreign exchange. The incense pot in a powerful country not only provided a market for industrial products for Britain and the Netherlands in the domestic market, but also was equally important in terms of military weapons, allowing the weapons of the two countries to have a fixed consumer.

In addition, Brazil’s score on the international diplomatic stage has increased significantly in recent years. “Brazil’s goal is to participate in the power of global powers at a high level. Unlike Pedro II, who only seeks to maintain royal power and get closer to Western countries, Fonseca said The cabinet government preferred to develop Brazil's international participation in the world's governing system, largely due to the Anglo-Dutch conflict and Brazil's role as a major Latin American country."

At the same time, Tim pointed out that the sluggish Brazilian Empire has recently benefited from the purchase of a large number of advanced weapons from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, because of the insular foreign political attitudes of Pedro II h= and Fonseca, which has made it very good. Both parties in the photo are wooing each other, which has given Brazil tangible benefits. If the pro-Dutch Fonseca were to fall and be replaced by the anti-Dutch, pro-British and Portuguese-speaking Colazzi, Brazil would get the kind of 'dividends' it currently has. It will disappear.

This is disastrous for Brazil’s foreign capital, military, and diplomacy.