{"id":2321,"date":"2026-08-04T20:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:44:51","slug":"trump-administration-revokes-visa-of-brazils-ambassador-to-us-in-spat-with-lula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2321","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil\u2019s ambassador to US in spat with Lula"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil\u2019s ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil\u2019s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead of upcoming elections as well as Brazil\u2019s stalling on approving President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2319\">Guatemala is on alert and evacuates hundreds of villagers after eruption of the Fuego volcano erupts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The State Department said the decision was a reciprocal response to Brazil\u2019s actions and officials said the step had been delayed several times to give Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva room to back down, something he did not do. Officials said, however, that it could be quickly reversed if Brazil takes appropriate action and accepts Trump\u2019s ambassadorial choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReciprocity is the name of the game,\u201d one State Department official said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the revocation of her visa, Brazil\u2019s ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti is not being expelled from the United States, said the official, who like the others, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive diplomatic matter. She could be allowed to resume her official duties if the Brazilian government accepts Trump\u2019s choice of former Florida House speaker Danny Perez to be U.S. ambassador to Brazil. The official said indications are that Brazil will not do that until after the October election.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to stalling on Perez, Brazil denied visas last month for Riley Barnes, the assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, and one if his top aides after reports emerged that the pair were going to criticize Lula or the election process.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department denied the allegations and said the two had planned to go to Brasilia on July 27-30 to meet government officials, religious leaders and others about \u201celection integrity,\u201d religious freedom and freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>It said the visit was routine and that \u201cany insinuation of a \u2018ploy\u2019 to undermine a democratic nation\u2019s election is a baseless lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2317\">This summer isn\u2019t breaking heat records \u2014 yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lula will face <span>Sen. Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro<\/span>, whose father once served as Brazil\u2019s president and whose family has many ties with the Trump administration, in the Oct. 4 polls. The administration has numerous issues with the leftist Lula and his policies and has also hosted the younger Bolsonaro, who is seeking to carry on his father\u2019s, Jair\u2019s, conservative governance.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sen. Bolsonaro and his brother, Eduardo, visited U.S. officials in Washington, including Trump, in late May. Shortly afterward, the Trump administration classified Brazil\u2019s biggest drug-trafficking groups \u2014 <span>First Command Capital and Red Command<\/span> \u2014 as foreign terrorist organizations, a move Lula opposes.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration also imposed an up to <span>37.5% tariff hike<\/span> on thousands of Brazilian exports, which came into force Friday. The U.S. government claims the South American nation has unfair competition practices and fails to stop forced labor practices \u2014 both accusations rejected by the Lula administration as an attempt to <span>sway the election to Sen. Bolsonaro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jair Bolsonaro has for years <span>fed concerns <\/span> about the country\u2019s electronic voting system, without providing any evidence for his claims. He is now serving a 27-year prison sentence at home for an attempted coup. He has long insisted that the machines, used for a quarter-century, are prone to fraud.<\/p>\n<p>His son, Sen. Bolsonaro, has recently repeated some of these claims, although he steered clear of those on Saturday when his Liberal Party confirmed him as a <span>presidential candidate in Sao Paulo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2315\">Afghanistan\u2019s child deaths are rising as food distributions face cuts, UN says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil\u2019s ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil\u2019s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead of upcoming elections. The U.S. is also impatient with Brazil\u2019s stalling on approving President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia. The State Department said the decision was a reciprocal response to Brazil\u2019s moves. Officials said the step had been delayed several times to give Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva room to back down, something he did not do. Officials said, however, that it could be quickly reversed if Brazil takes appropriate action and accepts Trump\u2019s ambassadorial choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil\u2019s ambassador to US in spat with Lula - Top Moving Pros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2321\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil\u2019s ambassador to US in spat with Lula - Top Moving Pros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil\u2019s ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil\u2019s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead of upcoming elections. 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