Lawmakers scrap planned committee vote and seek further assurances that president’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’ is dead

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva confirmed his government had denied ⁠visas to two US officials who planned to travel to the country, accusing them of seeking to ⁠interfere in October’s ⁠general election.

“This ​week we had to deny visas to two young folks they were sending to Brazil to ⁠meddle in Brazil’s elections,” Lula said at an event late on Wednesday.

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