Rubio and Brazil's Foreign Minister Agree to Meet Again After Election Tension
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira spoke briefly at a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta and agreed to meet in coming weeks before a G20 leaders summit, a source familiar with the plans said.
Vieira took part in the G20 meeting, which was hosted by Rubio. The two ministers agreed to meet again before G20 leaders meet in Miami in December. The plan, first reported by Bloomberg, reflects a desire by the two countries to move on after discord over the ambassador's visa and the US decision to grant a visa to Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro after his election loss to the leftist incumbent, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
A Brazilian official downplayed tensions over Brazil's failure to approve Trump's pick as ambassador and Lula's re-election, saying: "We're clearly not politicizing the issue, as we haven't in other situations regarding Brazilian citizens who have fled to the US."
A US official and a person familiar with the matter last week told Reuters that Trump has no current plans to support Flavio Bolsonaro's political ambitions even as the administration allowed him into the country. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, is imprisoned in Brazil for attempting to stay in power after losing his own re-election bid in 2022, according to Reuters.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：美国国务卿 Marco Rubio 在华盛顿的国务院（资料图）。照片：美国国务院，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Department of State in Washington (file photo). Photo by the US Department of State, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
