U.S. Suspends Consular Services in Brazil on Eve of Elections

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- DW News EN·1d agoUS, Australia suspend consular services in Brazil
The US and Australia have announced a halt to their consular services in Brazil beginning Friday. The news comes two days before Brazilians head to the polls to vote in the high-stakes presidential election.
Read at DW News EN → - Washington Post World·1d agoFour fears and frustrations that are shaping Brazil’s election. One is Trump.
Officials in Brazil have grown increasingly concerned about the possibility of U.S. interference in the presidential vote on Sunday.
Read at Washington Post World → - Guardian World·1d agoBrazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc
Sunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a former far-right president convicted of staging a coup ‘No one disrespects Our Lady’: fears for Brazil’s patron saint grip country ahead of election Shortly after his controversial speech to the United Nations…
Read at Guardian World → - NYT World·2d agoU.S. Suspends Consular Services in Brazil on Eve of Elections
The State Department cited unspecified security concerns in announcing the unusual move. A closely fought presidential election in Brazil takes place on Sunday.
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