"That American guy who said he was coming here to visit Bolsonaro, he's been barred from visiting and I have forbidden him from coming to Brazil so long as they don't free up the visa of my health minister, which has been blocked, Lula said during an event at a trauma centre in Rio de Janeiro."
"Last year, as Donald Trump piled pressure on Brazil's government and judiciary over Bolsonaro's coup trial, the health minister, Alexandre Padilha, was refused a US visa and the minister's wife and 10-year-old daughter were stripped of theirs."
"You can be sure you're being protected, Lula told Padilha on Friday as he announced that he was hitting back by preventing Trump's aide from flying to Brazil."
President Lula da Silva revoked the visa of Darren Beattie, a far-right political strategist and Trump adviser, after a US supreme court judge blocked Beattie's visit to imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro. Beattie had planned to visit Bolsonaro, who faces a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup. Lula's action retaliates against the US denial of a visa to Brazil's health minister Alexandre Padilha and the revocation of visas for Padilha's wife and daughter. Lula stated he would maintain the ban until the US restores Padilha's visa. This incident reflects ongoing tensions between Washington and Brasilia despite recent diplomatic improvements between Trump and Lula.
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