Top US diplomat in Brazil summoned to foreign ministry over Bolsonaro trial comments
by Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#6Z6Z9)
US embassy accused supreme court judge of persecuting ex-president, currently on trial for alleged coup attempt
Brazil's foreign ministry has summoned the US charge d'affaires after the embassy posted comments about the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate.
On Thursday, the embassy published a social media post in Portuguese criticising the supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing the cases against Bolsonaro, who is on trial over an alleged coup attempt.
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