President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had originally been set to visit the White House in March, but the US-Iran conflict upended plans. That meeting is now expected to take place on Thursday. Neither government has officially confirmed it, though a Brazilian diplomatic team quietly departed for Washington on Monday night to arrange the visit.
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