Key facts
- Rubio and Vieira agreed to meet in coming weeks.
- The meeting follows tensions over an ambassadorial appointment and a visa for a Brazilian senator.
- Former President Jair Bolsonaro is imprisoned in Brazil after losing his 2022 re-election bid.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira spoke briefly at a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta and agreed to meet again in the coming weeks. The meeting is scheduled before a G20 leaders summit in Miami in December. The plan reflects a desire by both countries to move past recent discord over an ambassador's visa and the US decision to grant a visa to Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro after his election loss. A Brazilian official downplayed tensions related to the ambassador issue and the re-election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Former President Jair Bolsonaro, father of Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, is imprisoned in Brazil for actions taken after his 2022 election loss.