Brazil Says It Will Keep Ambassadors Away Until Argentina Stops Attacks

Overview

• Vieira made the demand in an interview published Sunday and said both embassies are now run by chargés d’affaires because of repeated insults by Argentina’s president toward Lula and Brazil’s institutions.
• Itamaraty summoned Argentina’s ambassador Daniel Raimondi to register formal protest and called the episode 'unprecedented'.
• Vieira rejected Javier Milei’s claim that Brazil financed an international campaign against Argentina as 'totally false' and said Sergio Massa’s visit to Brazil was limited to routine economic talks.
• The foreign minister linked the row to a broader pattern of diplomatic friction, citing recent tensions with the United States over ambassadorial nominations and comments about Brazil’s electoral system.
• Brazil and Argentina remain key trade partners so the sustained downgrade risks practical fallout for commerce and political cooperation if hostile rhetoric continues.