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Brazil’s Supreme Court Defies US Sanctions to Uphold Bolsonaro Trial Schedule

Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the court will maintain its trial timetable regardless of US sanctions coupled with steep import tariffs

Demonstrators wearing masks in the likeness of, from left, Sao Paulo's Governor Tarcisio de Freitas, U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro protest the 50% U.S. tariff on Brazilian goods outside the U.S. consulate in Sao Paulo, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Demonstrators carry a sign that reads in Portuguese "The trash can of history, together" and photos of U.S. President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Sao Paulo's Governor Tarcisio de Freitas, Sao Paulo's Mayor Ricardo Nunes and Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro during a protest against a 50% U.S. tariff on Brazilian goods outside the U.S. consulate in Sao Paulo, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes attends the opening ceremony of the court's second judicial period of the year in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Overview

  • The US Treasury on July 30 imposed Magnitsky sanctions on Justice Alexandre de Moraes, accusing him of suppressing free expression in the Bolsonaro coup trial
  • President Trump issued an executive order on the same day raising US tariffs on Brazilian imports to 50 percent, citing political persecution of Jair Bolsonaro
  • In a rare public address on August 1, de Moraes vowed the Supreme Court would ignore foreign pressure and adhere strictly to its procedural schedule
  • Supporters of Brazil’s judiciary demonstrated outside the US consulate in São Paulo, burning effigies of President Trump to protest what they called interference
  • Bolsonaro remains under an electronic ankle monitor and barred from social media and nighttime travel as he awaits trial on charges of plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat