Brazil says it summoned Argentine envoy over Bolsonaro’s departure

Brazilian officials say the Foreign Ministry summoned Argentina’s chargé d’affaires in Brasília to discuss Argentina’s possible role in Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s departure for the United States. Argentina’s foreign minister denied that his government received a request for explanations, leaving the nature of the diplomatic encounter disputed. Two Brazilian government sources said María Emilia Cortés was called in on Thursday, October 29, and met João Marcelo de Queiroz, a Foreign Ministry official. The ministry declined to comment publicly. A Brazilian diplomatic source described the meeting as a brief routine procedure, according to one account; neither government issued a public statement about the encounter. Argentina’s Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said on social media that there had been no request for explanations concerning Bolsonaro’s departure. The disagreement is over whether Brazil formally sought answers, not over whether Bolsonaro traveled through Argentina before reaching the United States. Bolsonaro, his wife and their two daughters crossed from Brazil into Argentina on Tuesday, October 27, Argentine authorities said. The family then traveled by chartered...