US revokes Brazil ambassador’s visa in escalation of diplomatic feud
by David Smith Washington bureau chief from US news | The Guardian on (#77FDQ)
Move is retaliation for Lula's government refusal to approve Trump's nominee for ambassador in Brasilia
Donald Trump's administration has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to the US in a sharp escalation of a diplomatic feud with the country's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The US state department said Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti's visa had been cancelled in retaliation for Brazil's refusal to approve Trump's nominee for ambassador in Brasilia and its decision last month to deny visas to two US diplomats seeking to visit ahead of an October election.
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