Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the Workers' Party national convention in Sao Paulo on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI
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Aug 5, 2026
Brazil plunged deeper into diplomatic disputes with two of its most important partners in the Americas over what it described as attempts by the conservative governments of the U.S. and Argentina to interfere in its October presidential election.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government accused U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration of improperly intervening in Brazil’s affairs on Tuesday, after a senior State Department official said the U.S. was revoking the visa of the country’s ambassador in Washington.
The government also downgraded relations with Argentina by deciding to keep its ambassador from returning to Buenos Aires indefinitely in response to President Javier Milei’s repeated attacks on Lula, according to an official familiar with the matter. Argentine newspaper La Nacion first reported the decision.
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