The US and Australian governments announced this Friday the closure of their embassies and consulates in Brazil in the face of the climate of pre-election tension in the South American giant, who elects president this Sunday.
«American citizens who need emergency assistance during this period should not go to the embassy, consulates or other diplomatic facilities in the United States,» said the diplomatic representation in a statement.
A profile on a social network that claimed that a bomb would be placed at the US embassy was the reason that led Washington to the closure of its performances in Brazil. «A police operation found the author of the threat and found nothing,» he said, «Folha de Sao Paulo.».
«According to US diplomats, it is quite common for social media threats to be sent to US consulates and embassies around the world, and they are taken very seriously, given the history of attacks against the country. But they do not always lead to the closure of all diplomatic representations in a country,» the newspaper added.
