US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has publicly denied that the Trump administration helped former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro flee prosecution in Brazil.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected president of Brazil, narrowly beating Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, in a runoff vote.
Brazil picks its next president on Sunday in a runoff between 80-year-old incumbent Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is allied with US President Trump.
In the same week, Turkey and Brazil signed a defense cooperation deal, Pakistan ordered drones from a US company, US regulators moved to favor weapons manufacturers in small-business rules, and an Indian bank said defense-company stocks could rise sharply, tied to a large government weapons-spending plan.
The European Union has stopped imports of beef from Brazil because Brazil has not given EU officials the guarantees they need to check that Brazilian beef producers meet EU food-safety rules.
The United States is considering sanctions against a sitting judge on Brazil's Supreme Court, according to a Financial Times report picked up within the same hour by Reuters and other news outlets.
The United States is imposing a 25% tariff on Brazilian imports at President Trump's direction, escalating its trade war to reach the world's tenth-largest economy and raising the risk of fresh commodity and supply-chain shocks.