{"id":36262,"date":"2019-06-05T14:59:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T18:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=36262"},"modified":"2019-06-05T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:01:29","slug":"brazil-closes-its-embassy-in-antigua-and-barbuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/brazil-closes-its-embassy-in-antigua-and-barbuda\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil Closes Its Embassy In Antigua and Barbuda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Brazilian Embassy in Antigua and Barbuda has been closed, the government in South American country has announced.<\/p>

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The Brazilian Foreign Ministry confirmed the closing of embassies in\u00a0 Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>\n

The embassy in Antigua was located at Hodges Bay. Brazil and Antigua formally established diplomatic relations in 1982; Brazil opened its first embassy in St John\u2019s in 2009, headed initially by Ambassador Brian Michael Fraser Neele.<\/p>

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Diplomatic representations were set up during the government of former President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva.<\/p>

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Itamaraty reported that the embassies in Roseau and Saint John\u2019s, capital cities of Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda, have already been closed. The other delegations \u201care in the process of closing,\u201d according to a note sent to the press.<\/p>\n

Minister Ernesto Ara\u00fajo is also considering closing delegations in Sierra Leone and Liberia. The embassies in most African and Caribbean countries no longer have any staff.<\/p>

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Former Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and Ambassador Raul Campos e Castro in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Libya is in the same position. Itamaraty, however, denied any intention of closing the office in Tripoli.<\/p>\n

During Lula\u2019s terms of office, between 2003 and 2010, 67 overseas delegations were opened, mainly in small Caribbean and African countries.<\/p>

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Embassies in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were established in 2009, while that of Grenada was made official in 2008.<\/p>

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