Politics Key Facts —The summons. On 8 July the Chamber of Deputies’ foreign affairs and national defence committee approved a convocação of Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. Attendance is compulsory; unjustified absence can constitute a crime of responsibility. —What triggered it. A 1 July ministry letter to Congress said Washington’s terrorist designation of two Brazilian gangs […] The post Brazil’s Congress Forces Lula’s Foreign Minister to Testify appeared first on The Rio Times.