The Brazilian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it denied visas to two U.S. State Department officials who had sought to travel to the South American nation on Monday.
Assistant Secretary of State Riley M. Barnes and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Samuel Samson applied for visas on July 20. The visas were denied Friday, though the ministry did not give a reason for the decision.
Brazil’s presidential election will be held in October. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is seeking reelection against Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence under house arrest following his conviction related to an attempted coup….