BRAZIL PERSPECTIVE

Brasília watches the Kharg threat with particular attention, because the Venezuela comparison touches a South American neighbor and flatters the Brazilian reading of great-power interference. The press faithfully translates Trump's phrase — taking Kharg 'much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States.' Folha de São Paulo spells out the geography: the island 30 km off the coast from which more than 90% of 'the regime's' exported crude flows, and notes that Tehran did not respond immediately but that its foreign ministry already deemed the April ceasefire 'hollowed out' by US strikes. The follow-up is also market-driven: Estadão observes the Dow Jones rising despite the threats on Iran, as Wall Street's attention shifts to SpaceX's market debut. When Trump cancels the strikes and again speaks of a 'peace deal,' G1 and Folha immediately pivot to de-escalation. The Brazilian framing blends critical distance and economic interest: a Global South country that sees in 'total control of the oil' the illustration of a predatory balance of power between North and producer nations, while gauging the effect on its own markets and energy bill.