Brazil downgrades ties with Argentina after Milei insults Lula

Brazil downgraded diplomatic ties with Argentina to the chargé d’affaires level after Argentine President Javier Milei repeatedly insulted Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and criticized Brazil’s Supreme Court justices. The tensions began when Milei endorsed Lula’s political rival, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, and accused Brazil of orchestrating an 'anti-Argentine campaign.'