Lawmakers scrap planned committee vote and seek further assurances that president’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’ is dead Sign up for the US Breaking News email 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. Continue reading...