Brazil Recalls Ambassador to Argentina After Milei Attacks Lula, Sources Say
The move follows Milei’s remarks calling Lula and Brazil’s top court offensive names, while Brazil said the comments insulted its democratic institutions.
- On Sunday, Brazil recalled Ambassador Julio Bitelli for consultations after Argentine President Javier Milei used a weekend trip to criticize the country's leadership and judiciary.
- Milei visited Sao Paulo on Friday to support Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential bid, where he called Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula a "thief" and a "delinquent" during a Saturday speech.
- The Argentine President also attacked Supreme Federal Court Minister Alexandre, calling him "trash" after the judge denied him a visit to jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence.
- Describing the comments as a "direct affront," the Brazilian government emphasized the already virtually non-existent diplomatic relationship between the two countries continues to deteriorate.
- While Lula has not directly addressed the insults, he asserted in The Washington Post that "Brazil's destiny is determined only by Brazilians without external interference, without subservience.
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The government of Argentina assured this Tuesday that the insults of President Javier Milei against his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will have no consequences in the diplomatic or commercial relations between the two countries, despite the fact that Brazil decided to call for consultations to its ambassador in Buenos Aires. This is what the spokesman for ... Continue reading "Argentina discards crises with Brazil after Milei…
Argentine leader calls Brazilian president a ‘thief’ and a ‘convict’
BUENOS AIRES - Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Argentina in protest over what it said were “insults” levelled by Argentine President Javier Milei against his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, during a visit to Brazil.
Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Argentina in protest over what it called "insults" made by Argentine President Javier Milei against his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, during a visit to Brazil. Milei was speaking at a rally in São Paulo to launch the campaign of Flávio Bolsonaro, who will run against Lula in Brazil's presidential election in October. While Milei did not use Lula's name, he harshly attacked the "thief" and…
The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs found the words of the Argentine President against Lula "hard, rude and unacceptable" and recalled for consultations its ambassador in Buenos Aires as well as the Argentine representative in Brazil.
The relations between Argentina and Brazil have reached a point of no return in the last hours. President Javier Milei’s trip to the neighboring country – to support the candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro – has unleashed an unprecedented scandal in the bilateral link. Although the frictions between the Andean president and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, are not new, this weekend the speech of the economist in San Pablo, where h…
The Argentine president made the statements in Brazil, where he went for the launch of the presidential campaign of right-wing Flavio Bolsonaro.
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