Overview

• Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle monitor, barred him from social media and diplomatic contacts, and imposed night curfews in his ongoing coup-plot trial.
• Federal police executed coordinated raids on Bolsonaro’s Brasília residence and his Liberal Party headquarters under court-issued search warrants.
• The U.S. revoked visas for seven Supreme Federal Court justices, including Justice Alexandre de Moraes, characterizing Brazil’s judicial measures as a political ‘witch hunt.’
• President Trump threatened 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods from August 1 to pressure authorities into dropping legal charges against Bolsonaro.
• President Lula condemned the U.S. actions as “unacceptable blackmail” and vowed to defend Brazil’s judicial autonomy and national sovereignty.