Brazil recalls Argentina ambassador after Milei insults Lula at Flavio Bolsonaro campaign launch

Brazil recalled its ambassador to Argentina for consultations Sunday following "insults" leveled by President Javier Milei against his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and others at a Sao Paulo political event, the foreign ministry said. The libertarian leader of Argentina referred to Brazil's leftist incumbent president as a "convict" and a "thief", without naming him explicitly, during an event on Saturday formally nominating right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to run in upcoming elections. Milei also referred to – without naming him directly – Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as "bald trash". Milei "insulted two branches of government, the Brazilian people and Brazilian democracy", a Brazilian diplomatic source told AFP. To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:51 Brazil's government on Sunday also summoned Argentina's ambassador to discuss those "insults", the source told AFP. Speaking at a union ...