MAGA level score against samba as US and Brazil play diplomatic football

Washington says Brazil is deliberately dragging its feet until the country's October presidential election (AP)The TOI correspondent from Washington: If you think ties between the US and India are shaky, the diplomatic world is shuddering at developments between Washington and Brasília. In a profession where glad-handling and bear hugs, pomp and ceremony, communiques and agreements are the routine between friendly countries, the United States and Brazil have stumbled into a more theatrical mode: ambassadorial brinkmanship.The latest act in this diplomatic telenovela came on Tuesday when the Trump administration revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to Washington, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, insisting it was merely "reciprocity" after the Lula government declined to promptly approve the U