The president of Brazil is not a forward thinking person. With a population that size they should be competing with China but they are just a bunch of economic n00bs who will go no-where except the beach.
You know nothing about the person, and neither do I,,, you know what? If anyone asks me in a public space, as a government servant, if I knew anything about Bitcoin? I would probably say the same. Can I explain to an economist what Bitcoin is? I think so but I think if put on the spot and asked,,, I may not have the technical knowledge to provide something useful.
I do not think we should buy into the news too much.