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Posted on 12/12/2025 6:38:37 PM PST by fluorescence
The US Department of the Treasury has lifted sanctions imposed on the Brazilian supreme court justice who oversaw the conviction of the former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes had been under Global Magnitsky sanctions, which target individuals accused of human rights abuses, since July. His wife Viviane Barci de Moraes – who was added the sanctions list in September – was also removed from the register on Friday.
The move had been repeatedly requested by Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in negotiations with Donald Trump to roll back the 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports.
The decision is a major setback for Bolsonaro and his congressman son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, who left his post in Brazil to lobby in Washington for punitive measures over what he called a “persecution” of his father.
Trump imposed the punishment shortly after imposing tariffs on Brazil, justifying it as a response to what he claimed was a “witch-hunt” against Bolsonaro. Eduardo Bolsonaro has alleged that he influenced Trump’s decision.
Moraes presided over the trial hearing in September when Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting to overturn Brazil’s 2022 election. Days later, the Magnitsky sanctions were extended to the justice’s wife.
Bolsonaro’s supporters had hoped for further retaliation against Brazil, but what followed was an unexpected rapprochement between Trump and Lula.
The US president first praised his Brazilian counterpart during the UN general assembly; the two then exchanged calls, held their first in-person meeting, and, in November, Trump removed most of the tariffs.
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Brazil borders Venezuela on the south...
Bolsonaro was a rare card carrying Conservative in Latin America.
Like Trump in 2020, Bolsonaro was defeated by a Hard Line Leftist - and, voter fraud.
Today, Bolsonaro is in prison, or house arrest, because of voter fraud and judicial fraud!
I would suggest more will come.
Trump creates points of leverage out of thin air - knowing exactly what point will cause the most distress or pain.
He then uses the as powerful points of negotiation.
The other side of this equation is what big price they were willing to pay to release the bare-naked choke hold...
I agree. Too many on here with 5% of the information think they should be making these decisions instead of Trump. They have no idea what's going on in the background.
“Here is an open door. Take it with what you can carry, or hang around and hope that your friends save you”
There is something we don’t know.
I’m a big Trump supporter, but this feels like the wrong decision. It makes us look weak and indecisive, just when we’re pushing the same sorts of issues with Europe and the UK.
I would have preferred that Trump drop a drone on Moraes head. /spit
It's amazing to me how FR posters still have no idea what they're looking at even though they've seen the same exact Trump negotiating/dealmaking process for a decade now.
Why? Those sanctions on both Brazil and this judicial tyrant and his Cupid Stunt wife should have remained in place.
Has Moraes stopped being a despicable tyrant? Then why should the sanctions have ever been lifted? This is a very disappointing decision by President Trump. Do not approve.
You are 100% correct
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