Brazil cuts ties with Nicaragua as it rethinks links with leftist authoritarians

Brazil and Nicaragua have expelled each other’s ambassadors in a tit-for-tat diplomatic row, as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, appears to recalibrate his approach to authoritarian leftist rulers who were once seen as allies. The dual expulsions this week came amid growing tensions between Lula and another supposedly progressive leader, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro,…

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58 passengers and 4 crew members aboard plane

A passenger airplane went down near São Paulo, Brazil, at 2 p.m. local time on Friday. CNN Brazil reports that 62 people were on board. Footage shared on social media shows a plane spiraling straight down from the clouds. Fire was visible across its fuselage and smoke filled the sky behind it. The plane, which…

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Brazil expels Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliatory move

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government Thursday kicked out Nicaragua’s ambassador to the nation in retaliation for a similar move by the Central American country’s President Daniel Ortega. The press office of Brazil’s foreign ministry confirmed to The Associated Press that it had decided to expel Nicaraguan ambassador Fulvia Patricia Castro Matu. It said Brazil’s…

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