Overview

• Brazil’s federal prosecutor charged Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro and influencer Paulo Figueiredo with coercion for lobbying U.S. sanctions to sway the Supreme Court case against Jair Bolsonaro.
• Prosecutors said the threats were unequivocal and aimed to instill fear and instability, and they declined a police request to also charge the former president in this action.
• The United States announced new Magnitsky-style sanctions on Viviane Barci de Moraes, spouse of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and on the family-linked firm LEX – Instituto de Estudos Jurídicos.
• Reports cited additional U.S. visa revocations affecting Brazil’s solicitor general Jorge Messias and other current or former judicial figures, following earlier 50% tariffs on many Brazilian goods.
• At the UN, Lula denounced the measures as arbitrary and defended Brazil’s sovereignty, while President Trump said he and Lula agreed to meet next week and described an initial brief encounter as showing “excellent chemistry.”