Brazil revokes visa of US diplomat in Bolsonaro rowAFP, RIO DE JANEIROBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday banned a US diplomat who wanted to visit the jailed former far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro amid fears of US meddling ahead of elections this year. Bolsonaro, sentenced for plotting a coup, was on Friday hospitalized in intensive care after developing bronchopneumonia. Photo: AFPLawyers for Bolsonaro earlier this week asked the Brazilian Supreme Court to allow Darren Beattie, the US Department of State’s new adviser on Brazil, to visit Bolsonaro in prison on Wednesday. “I banned him from coming to Brazil,” Lula said on Friday at an event in Rio de Janeiro. Bolsonaro, 70, is serving a 27-year sentence over his failed bid to remain in power after his defeat by Lula in 2022.

Source: Taipei Times March 14, 2026 16:09 UTC