Brazil denies entry to Trump officials ahead of elections

Brazil has denied visas to two officials from United States President Donald Trump's administration who had sought to travel to the country to meet with electoral authorities ahead of the October presidential election.

A spokesperson for Brazil's foreign office said on Saturday that Assistant Secretary Riley M. Barnes from the ​US State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, had requested a visa on July 20, along with Samuel Samson, a deputy assistant secretary.