Brazil's Lula slams Trump's Hormuz tariff plans as "piracy"

Sao Paulo [Brazil], July 14 (ANI): Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused US President Donald Trump of turning America into a 'pirate' state after Washington announced plans to charge ships a 20 per cent fee for transiting the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's busiest maritime chokepoints.