Brazil summoned Argentina’s chargé d’affaires over Flavio Bolsonaro’s route to the United States, Reuters reported, adding a new diplomatic flashpoint between two governments whose presidents have clashed repeatedly.
Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in Maria Emilia Cortes, Argentina’s chargé d’affaires in Brazil, on Thursday, Reuters reported, citing Brazilian government sources. Writing on social media, Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said his government had not received an official request to account for Bolsonaro’s late-Tuesday entry into Argentina.
Bolsonaro, his wife and their two daughters traveled through northern Argentina before taking a chartered aircraft through Ecuador to the United States, Al Jazeera reported. Bolsonaro arrived in Miami on Wednesday, the report said.
Brazilian authorities ordered Bolsonaro to stay in Brazil during a legal case and set a deadline after Sunday’s election for him to surrender his passports. Investigators are examining a multimillion-dollar payment by Daniel Vorcaro, Banco Master’s former chief, that they suspect was meant to pay for a film about Bolsonaro’s father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. Flavio Bolsonaro denie...