Overview

• Brazil’s prosecutors charged Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro and influencer Paulo Figueiredo with coercion for lobbying U.S. measures to pressure the judiciary in his father’s case, while declining to charge Jair Bolsonaro in this action.
• Washington announced fresh Magnitsky sanctions including on Viviane Barci de Moraes, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and on the family‑linked firm Lex, alongside prior visa restrictions on Brazilian officials.
• Lula condemned U.S. tariffs and sanctions in his UN address, calling them arbitrary intrusions on Brazil’s sovereignty and defending the legitimacy of the Supreme Court’s proceedings.
• President Trump told the UN he and Lula will meet next week after a brief encounter he described as showing “excellent chemistry,” a session not yet detailed by Brasília but welcomed as a potential opening.
• Brazil is evaluating commercial countermeasures under its new reciprocity law through a Camex study, following U.S. tariffs of 50% on a range of Brazilian exports tied to the Bolsonaro case.