On the other side of the Atlantic, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva praised the country’s Federal Police for applying the principle of diplomatic reciprocity and revoking the credentials of a US agent operating in Brazil. Lula said he hopes the United States is willing to resume dialogue so relations between the two countries can return to normal.
The move is the latest in a series of diplomatic frictions between Brasília and Washington, and it arrives at a moment when Latin American nations are navigating increasingly assertive US foreign policy. In Peru, the US ambassador broke his silence to confirm that a contract for F-16 fighter jets is signed and the aircraft will arrive by 2030 — even as Peru swore in a new defense minister, Amadeo Javier Flores Carcagno, after his predecessor was fired over the aircraft purchase controversy.
