Overview

• Alexandre Padilha received a diplomatic visa on September 18 to attend a UN high-level health meeting in New York and a PAHO conference later this month.
• U.S. authorities restricted his movements in New York to the hotel–UN route and an area of up to five blocks around his lodging.
• Padilha has not confirmed travel, saying he will prioritize advancing the ‘Agora Tem Especialistas’ provisional measure in Congress.
• Other key ministers, including Fernando Haddad and Ricardo Lewandowski, have had visas approved this month as Brazil finalizes its UN delegation.
• The decision follows August cancellations of visas for Padilha’s wife and daughter and for officials linked to Mais Médicos, while Brazil notes remaining delegation visas are still in processing under UN access obligations.