Brazil denies visas to U.S. officials who aimed to impugn electoral system

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/24/us-sending-envoys-question-brazilian-electoral-system-officials-say/

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t0mpr1c3Jul 26, 2026, 6:03 AM
According to the Economist Democracy Index, Brazil is a more democratic country than the USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

matheusmoreiraJul 26, 2026, 5:08 PM
The data you cited says the opposite.

> United States 7.65

> Brazil 6.76

matheusmoreiraJul 25, 2026, 11:41 PM
BLKNSLVRJul 26, 2026, 12:07 AM
Good on them. The US trying to export it's own expertise in undermining confidence in the electoral / democratic process is one of the worst things it could do, amongst a litany of bad things it's currently doing.
matheusmoreiraJul 26, 2026, 2:49 AM
I would agree with that... Were it not for the fact Brazil uses voting machines.
BLKNSLVRJul 26, 2026, 6:54 AM
Yeah, I wasn't sure about even commenting since I know nothing of Brazil's voting or electoral systems, but I do know that if the US is trying to intervene then it is most definitely not with the intention of making anything better, more fair, or more democratic.
matheusmoreiraJul 26, 2026, 5:01 PM
No doubt. During Biden's presidential term, they told our president Bolsonaro to stop questioning the voting machines. Now Trump's administration is criticizing those exact same voting machines. There's no doubt that it's all politically motivated.

Having some CIA dude tell my country's president not to question the machines pretty much convinced me they were compromised though.

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