Overview

• Brazil’s prosecutor general filed charges of coercion against Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro and influencer Paulo Figueiredo, alleging they pushed for U.S. sanctions to sway the Supreme Federal Court’s judgment of Jair Bolsonaro.
• U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned Lex Instituto and Viviane Barci de Moraes under the Magnitsky framework, triggering asset freezes and prohibitions on dealings under U.S. jurisdiction.
• The Trump administration is revoking visas for Brazil’s attorney general Jorge Messias and other current and former judicial officials, on top of earlier visa cancellations for several Supreme Court justices and a 50% tariff on some Brazilian exports.
• Tens of thousands protested in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro against proposals seen as granting amnesty to Bolsonaro allies, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva backing the demonstrations and pledging to veto an amnesty.
• Brazil’s lower house advanced fast‑track consideration of a bill to ease penalties for those detained over the 2023 attacks and moved on an amendment that would allow Congress to block criminal cases against lawmakers.