Benoni Belli

Benoni Belli studied law at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, political science at the University of Campinas, and sociology at the University of Brasília. He entered the Rio Branco Institute in 1994. His early foreign assignments included Brazil’s UN mission in New York in 1999–2002, Buenos Aires in 2002–2006, and Algiers in 2006–2008. ^{3, 1}

At the Washington embassy in 2013–2017, Belli served as head of chancery and minister-counsellor. Back in Brasília, he became secretary for diplomatic planning in 2017–2018 and directed the department responsible for the United States in 2019–2020. He then headed the consulate general in Chicago in 2020–2023. Alongside his official work, he wrote Tolerância Zero e Democracia no Brasil and A Politização dos Direitos Humanos, and helped edit books on policy planning, colonial legacies, and the thought of diplomat Gelson Fonseca Junior. ³

Belli presented his credentials as Brazil’s permanent representative to the Organization of American States on 26 July 2023. At his confirmation hearing he advocated moderation, dialogue, and consistent support for negotiated international rules, emphasizing Brazil’s ability to bring opposing positions together within the inter-American system. ^{1, 2}