Overview

• One week into his presidency of the STF, Edson Fachin said the Court will not bow to “authoritarian interests” and declared that no country is legitimized to violate another nation’s self-determination.
• He argued that attempts to influence Brazil’s judiciary or to trigger economic consequences constitute an affront to national sovereignty.
• The United States has levied a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods and imposed Magnitsky-style sanctions on some justices, with Alexandre de Moraes barred from taking part in legal events in the U.S.
• Seeking to cool tensions, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held an approximately 30-minute call with President Trump that the government described as amiable.
• Fachin defended broadcasting trials and said he prefers to err on the side of transparency, while contending that officeholder special jurisdiction should be “extremely exceptional.”