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Washington Pulls Brazil's Ambassador Visa as Trade War, Election Politics Collide

The new ambassador of Brazil, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, is pictured in Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany on July 18, 2013. AFP PHOTO / DPA / WOLFGANG KUMM +++ GERMANY OUT (Credit: Photo credit should read WOLFGANG KUMM/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

The already-tense relationship between Washington and Brasília took a fresh hit this week when the State Department canceled the U.S. visa belonging to Brazil's ambassador, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti — the latest flashpoint in a standoff that has been building for more than a year across trade policy, an approaching presidential election, and a criminal case against a close Trump ally.

Washington Calls It Payback, Not a Deportation

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