In an opinion piece published in Folha de S.Paulo, Hussein Kalout, member of CEBRI’s International Advisory Council and former Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs to the Presidency of the Republic (2016–2018), discusses the revocation of the diplomatic visa of Brazil’s Ambassador to the United States, Maria Luiza Viotti, announced by the U.S. government.

According to Kalout, the measure serves a specific political purpose: shifting the debate away from the weaknesses of U.S. tariff policy itself and turning it into a spectacle of diplomatic confrontation, while shifting responsibility onto Brasília.

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