Raymond Colitt and Adam Thomson describe the series of aggravations that have estranged Brazil from Argentina in recent years, in the Financial Times story: "Love sours for Latin America's Romeo and Juliet" (May 6 - subscription required)
It didn't help when Brazil fielded its own candidate for WTO Director-General:
Brazil's insistence on launching its own candidate for the World Trade Organisation's top job, in detriment to Carlos Perez del Castillo, Uruguay's candidate, drove a further wedge between Brazil and Argentina. “It's not that we're dissatisfied over Brazil's protagonism, there was a concrete episode where we had different opinions the WTO candidacy,” Mr Bielsa said. [Bielsa is the Argentine foreign minister - Ben]
Colitt and Thomson note that the Brazilian foreign minister has since announced Brazil's support for Perez del Castillo.
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