For Obama, Brazil decision compounds rough stretch

By Julie Pace

Published September 18, 2013 7:17am ET

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For Obama, Brazil decision compounds rough stretch — FILE - In this April 9, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama, right, meets with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. For Obama, an embarrassing diplomatic rebuke by Brazil is compounding an already troublesome stretch for the White House both at home and abroad. Rousseff announced Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, that she is putting off a state visit to the U.S. next month to protest an American spy program that has aggressively targeted her nationâs government and private citizens alike. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) | Carolyn Kaster

WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, an embarrassing diplomatic rebuke by Brazil has compounded an already troublesome stretch for the White House both at home and abroad.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced Tuesday that she was putting off a state visit to the U.S. next month to protest an American spy program that has aggressively targeted her nation’s government and private citizens alike.

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