USAID funding for Brazil was 11 million dollars in 2018, 36 million in 2019, 48 million in 2020, and 19 million in the year Bolsonaro was defeated.
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Louder with CrowderOct 5, 2026
The claim's central figures are contradicted by the primary State Department/USAID table, which shows Brazil at about $11.4M in FY2018, $11.6M in FY2019, and $20.1M in FY2020, not $36M and $48M, so the claimed tripling and quadrupling do not hold.
What was said
… So, if you actually look at USAID, uh, before this, leading up to Bolsonaro's presidency, and there's always, like, kind of a fuse of delayed reaction: 2018, there was about 11 million dollars coming in from USAID; 2019, 36 million; 2020, 48 million; and then the year, ah, that he was defeated in the election, it went down to, or after that, 19 million. So, there was a lead up, a lead up. And, to be clear, a lot of people have correlated the spending of Us aid with supporting Marxist revolutionaries, right? Opposition party. …
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Contradicts. The CRS table of State- and USAID-managed assistance to Brazil lists about $11.4M for FY2018, $11.6M for FY2019, and $20.1M for FY2020, contradicting the claimed $36M for 2019 and $48M for 2020.[1]
Contradicts. The CRS table is a State- and USAID-combined measure, so USAID-only figures would be lower still, which further undercuts the claimed $36M and $48M totals.[1]
Supports. The same CRS table shows about $19.5M for FY2021 and a $17.8M FY2022 request, roughly consistent with the claimed $19M for the year Bolsonaro was defeated (2022), and about $11.4M for FY2018, matching the claimed 2018 figure.[1]
Context. A Folha fact-check found that the broader allegation that USAID funded Lula's victory over Bolsonaro was made without evidence, and the Hudson Institute notes that Brazil-specific USAID spending on democracy, elections, or media is not shown in USAID records from 2015 to 2025.[3][4]
Context. The $36 million figure that appears in the sources is a 2022 grant notice's estimated total program funding, not an annual Brazil spending total for 2019.[2]
Sources
4 sources: 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: FY2022 Appropriationscongress.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 2View Grant Opportunitygrants.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Bolsonarists and Trumpists Fabricate Scandal - 17/02/2025www1.folha.uol.com.br · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Who's Afraid of USAID? | Hudson Institutehudson.org · not rated · cited for: context
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