Brazil-US divide widens as visas denied to Brazilian judges

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Tensions between the U.S. and Brazil are ratcheting up with another U.S. move to intervene in Brazil’s justice system. Washington has now stripped U.S. visas from Brazil’s Supreme Court judge leading the prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and several others on the high court. Bolsonaro — a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump – is charged with trying to overturn Brazil’s 2022 election — which he lost. CGTN’s Frances Kuo reports.