Argentina said it will not retaliate after Brazil reduced relations following Javier Milei's renewed attacks on Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as the dispute spills into Brazil's election campaign and a parallel row with Washington.
Brazil has cut diplomatic relations with Argentina to the charge d'affaires level, and Argentina said it will not answer with reciprocal measures after President Javier Milei again insulted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil's ambassador, Julio Bitelli, will not return to Buenos Aires, taking ties to their lowest point since Milei took office in 2023, and the two presidents still have not held an official bilateral meeting. The clash is unfolding less than two months before Brazil's presidential election, with Lula casting the dispute and a separate standoff with the United States over ambassadorial appointments, visas and election-related visits as part of a broader defense of Brazil's sovereignty and electoral system.