Health Minister Alexandre Padilha won this week a visa diplomatic that guarantees his entry into the United States for official commitments in September. The authorization ends an impasse started in August, when the.
In practice, the measure had a limited effect on Padilha, as his tour visa was overcome. The biggest impact was about his wife and daughter, who had their documents suspended. The decision, however, became another point of diplomatic friction, leading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to.
Itamaraty argued that Padilha needed to travel to represent Brazil in two multilateral forums: a UN meeting on chronic diseases during the General Assembly starting on the 23rd in New York and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conference in Washington at the end of the month.
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During the period of uncertainty, o. In a wry tone, he told reporters that he was not concerned with the possibility of not entering the United States, saying that he had “no desire to go to the country.”
Padilha was not the only member of the Lula administration to face restrictions. Ministers Fernando Haddad (farm) and Ricardo Lewandowski (Justice) also visited suspended earlier this month, but later received.
