When an incompetent third world banana republic is holding one of your team mates hostage, you say whatever you need to say to help him get released.
If Brazil demands he recant (the implied threat is that it won't go well for the team mate if he doesn't) his choice is to recant or be faced with the potential incarceration of his team mate.
I would F***ing say anything that ignorant, backward, corrupt, lying third world sh*t-hole demanded I say to get my team mate out of their clutches.
