Brazil Considers Labeling Hezbollah as Terrorists in Pivot to U.S.
- Idea is being debated; could strain ties with Iran and Lebanon
- Argentina became first Latin American country to do so
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Brazil is considering designating Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization, as President Jair Bolsonaro increasingly aligns his government with the U.S. on foreign policy.
Officials are reviewing their options to move forward with the idea, which is being discussed at the highest levels of government but doesn’t have across-the-board support, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter. It wouldn’t be easily implemented due to the particularities of Brazilian law, they added, requesting anonymity because the discussion isn’t public.