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    Brazil will reintroduce visa requirements Thursday for U.S., Canadian and Australian citizens, a move that ends the country’s open entry for people of those nationalities after six years.

    The U.S. Embassy in Brasilia said Monday that Americans will still be able to request visas electronically if they visit from April 10 onward.

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, an ally of President Trump, scrapped the visa requirements in a 2019 decree as he sought to boost the country’s tourism industry.

    That went against the South American country’s tradition of requiring visas from travelers based on the principle of reciprocity and equal treatment.

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva suspended the free entry of Americans, Canadians and Australians in March 2023, shortly after he defeated Bolsonaro. The leftist leader said then that it was based on the principle of reciprocity as Brazilians still need visas for those countries.

    Lula’s decision was postponed from taking effect three times as the government negotiated to get reciprocity for Brazilians, but no change was made.

    Brazil’s Senate approved a bill this year to keep the visa exemption for the three countries, but the mood changed in the lower house after Trump imposed a 10% tariff on Brazilian goods last week. Allies of Speaker Hugo Motta have said the bill will not come to a final vote anytime soon.

    Last week, Brazil’s Congress swiftly passed a reciprocity bill so the country’s executive has leeway to impose retaliation tariffs on nations that impose barriers to Brazilian goods. The bill is yet to be sanctioned by Lula.

    This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

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