Overview

• Brazil’s federal prosecutor filed a complaint to the Supreme Court accusing Eduardo Bolsonaro and influencer Paulo Figueiredo of coercion for promoting severe U.S. sanctions to sway Jair Bolsonaro’s proceedings.
• The filing alleges the pair aimed to create instability and fear by projecting the prospect of foreign reprisals and national isolation for Brazilian authorities.
• Eduardo Bolsonaro has been in the United States for months and denies any intent to interfere in judicial processes, saying his goal was the restoration of individual liberties.
• Measures cited by prosecutors include 50% tariffs on some Brazilian exports and visa revocations for judges and officials, with reports that Attorney General Jorge Messias’s visa is among those canceled.
• Context: Jair Bolsonaro was convicted on September 11 and sentenced to 27 years and 3 months, and he remains under preventive house arrest in Brasília.