Brazil Downgrades Diplomatic Ties with Argentina After Milei Remarks
Brazil said its ties with Argentina will stay at the charge d'affaires level after Javier Milei repeatedly called President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a thief.
- On Tuesday, Brazil announced it will maintain relations with Argentina at the chargé d'affaires level, reducing its diplomatic presence after repeated insults from Argentine President Javier Milei toward Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- A spokesperson for Brazil's foreign office confirmed that Milei has called Lula a "thief" three times since Sunday, prompting Brazil's ambassador to Argentina, Julio Bitelli, to remain recalled in Buenos Aires.
- Milei, a close ally of President Donald Trump, referred to Lula as an "ex-convict" and "corrupt" in a recent interview, while also labeling Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes "trash" during a party convention.
- Lula was officially declared a candidate for reelection at his Workers' Party convention Sunday, where Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said the voting system "doesn't accept any votes from Argentines and Americans" in reference to foreign interference.
- This move marks the first time in recent history that such a diplomatic deterioration has occurred between the two neighbors; Argentina's ambassador in Brasilia, Daniel Raimondi, was informed of the decision while the Brazilian president remained silent.
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Brasilia calls for the departure of the Argentine ambassador after further insults by President Milei against Lula, his Brazilian counterpart. ...
Milei called the Brazilian president a "theft" at an election campaign in São Paulo. Brazil took time with a reaction, which is now drastically out.
El Periódico
"Nobody is a prophet in their land. I travel abroad, everyone recognizes what we are doing, they honor me everywhere." Javier Milei traveled to Ecuador and Colombia, where he hoped to be welcomed as the pioneer of the ultra-right regional advance. "I am doing the best government in history." He feeds on those applauses, much more in moments of turmoil inside Argentina. A diplomatic crisis of unprecedented proportions with Brazil, a new parliamen…
Die Presse
After verbal attacks by Argentine President Milei against Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva, Brazil demands the withdrawal of the Argentine ambassador.
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