US revokes visa of Brazilian ambassador to Washington

The US has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador, a US State Department official said Tuesday, in a mounting diplomatic row just months before elections in Latin America's largest nation. The move would be reversed, the official said on customary condition of anonymity, if Brazil granted its approval of US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador Brasilia. Trump nominated Daniel Perez, a prominent Florida Republican, as the new ambassador to Brazil in early June. While the nomination