THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - Brazil Revokes Visa of State Department Official
State of the Union: Darren Beattie sought to visit former president Jair Bolsonaro in prison, which the government called political “interference.” The post Brazil Revokes Visa of State Department Official appeared first on The American Conservative .
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday revoked the visa of the U.S. State Department official Darren Beattie. Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday had blocked Beattie’s request to visit jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, a rival of Lula. Lula said the move was reciprocal after the United States last year revoked visas from Brazilian officials linked to Cuba’s overseas doctors program. He added Beattie would remain barred until visas for Brazil’s health minister and his family are restored. Justice Alexandre de Moraes of Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that Beattie’s planned prison visit would amount to “undue interference” in Brazil’s politics during an election year. Moraes is the judge that…Open