Whereas Brazil and the United States have an important strategic partnership and have cooperated closely on numerous issues of mutual interest including trade, regional security, energy, the protection of the environment, and the fight against racial discrimination; Whereas in recent years Brazil made significant strides in strengthening democracy, reducing poverty, addressing racial and gender-based disparities, building a more just and inclusive society, and reducing deforestation in the Amazon; Whereas Brazil contains about 60 percent of the Amazon rainforest and produces 6 percent of all oxygen generated by photosynthesis; Whereas, on October 28, 2018, far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro was elected president, in an election marred by the controversial disqualification of his leading opponent; Whereas President Bolsonaro praises Brazil’s former military dictatorship, which tortured 20,000 people and killed or disappeared 434 people, according to Brazil’s Special Commission on Political Killings and Disappearances; Whereas President Bolsonaro made his first foreign trip to the United States to meet President Trump, where he declared that they stand side by side in their efforts to ensure liberties and respect to traditional family lifestyles, respect to God, our Creator, against the gender ideology or the politically correct attitudes and against fake news. ; Whereas President Trump praised President Bolsonaro and emphasized their fantastic working relationship and the many views they share; Whereas President Trump announced during their meeting he would unilaterally designate Brazil a Major Non-NATO Ally , facilitating preferential treatment for Brazil with regard to military assistance and sales or use of military equipment