Rousseff Calls Off U.S. Visit Over NSA Surveillance
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff yesterday called off her state visit to Washington as allegations of U.S. espionage damage relations between the two biggest economies in the Americas.
Rousseff canceled the October meeting less than a day after President Barack Obama called her in an attempt to keep Brazil’s first state visit to the U.S. in almost two decades on track. Obama also held an unscheduled meeting with his Brazilian counterpart this month at the Group of 20 meeting in St. Petersburg as part of the U.S. effort to smooth relations.