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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Mauricio Savarese

Brazil revokes U.S. official's visa in reciprocal measure

Brazil Protest - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Friday his government revoked the visa of a U.S. State Department official, calling it a reciprocal measure after Brazilian officials had their visas revoked in the United States last year.

Lula's decision against Darren Beattie is tied to a move in August by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that revoked and restricted visas of some Brazilian officials who Washington claimed to have links to a Cuban program that sends doctors overseas.

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