They've got an awful lot of ‘lawfare’ in Brazil: Things are looking a little familiar down there...

American Thinker ^ | 09/17/2025 | Silvio Canto Jr.

[SeekAndFind]

A lot of "lawfare" coming out of Brazil these days. It reminds me of an earlier time when Frank Sinatra sang about that huge country in South America and their obsession with coffee: "The politician's daughter Was accused of drinkin' water And was fined a great big fifty dollar bill They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil." Yes, it was more of fun to sing about coffee or maybe do that famous bossa nova that you see in the carnival.

Things are looking a little familiar down in Brazil. Opposition politicians going after the former president, who is planning to run again. It looks familiar, does it not?

Let's check out the story from Maria Anastasia O'Grady:

A Brazilian Supreme Court panel voted 4-1 last week to convict center-right former President Jair Bolsonaro of leading a conspiracy to overthrow the leftist government of President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva. Mr. Bolsonaro received a sentence of 27 years in prison.

The verdict is a major blow to Mr. Bolsonaro’s supporters. But many other Brazilians, while not fans of the former president, had also hoped for a different outcome. They’ve been concerned about the politicized Supreme Court for years. Now the high court has allowed the federal prosecutor to bring the former president to trial in Brasília, skipping lower courts, with the express purpose of locking him up. Rule of law be damned.

The issue is not over as O'Grady explains: "Justice Luiz Fux rendered a 452-page dissent laying out the many violations of due process in the case, including the court’s lack of jurisdiction."

The bad news is that the Supreme Court is totally stacked. Even Brazilians who are not politically active can see that there is something wrong with this kind of justice.

[Fido969]

Brazil was a conservative, and very successful country. Then a color revolution and a sketchy election but a leftie loon in power. Having seized power, the lefties immediately implemented far-left polices, including gun control, that destroyed the country.

[heylady]

I follow Dan_Vasc on Instagram. He is a Brazilian who covers popular songs all the way up to heavy metal. He has some very good posts relating to the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

[toast]

My wife is a Brazilian.
She thinks Bolsanaro will be dead within a week if he is sent to prison.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: She thinks Bolsanaro will be dead within a week if he is sent to prison.

If so ( God forbid ), will it be considered like something similar to Jeffrey Epstein?

[tflabo]

The company I had recently worked for was bought out by a company based in Brazil. They nudged me into retirement but that’s ok I’m nearly 70 and I didn’t want to work for them anyway so it was a mutual parting of the ways. Wasn’t impressed with their tech support out of Brazil vs the former company. Not sure how they’ll navigate around the 50% tariff either. That’s ok worked out well for me leaving with the timing of it. Hello retirement.

[Gay State Conservative]

Having visited Brazil...twice...I know a bit about the country but am certainly no expert. However,from what *I’ve* seen Brazil is nothing but a Third World cesspool with nice beaches.