ROME, Jan 27: Italy is recalling its ambassador to Brazil in an escalating row over Brazil’s refusal last week to extradite a man wanted for deadly leftist guerrilla attacks in the 1970s, the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Rome said it was responding to a decision made by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last week granting Cesare Battisti the status of political refugee.—Reuters