Overview

• Speaking at Lide/Correio Braziliense’s 3rd Brasília Summit, the STF justice said Brazil faces strategic vulnerability from dependence on foreign private tech infrastructure.
• He cited Anatel data showing two overseas companies supply 98% of the country’s 5G infrastructure, describing the reliance as critical.
• Mendes labeled the dominance of large platforms as “tecnofeudos” and argued that their control concentrates political and economic power without clear limits.
• He advocated publicly run, renewable-powered data processing and storage and said he is helping draft an “anti-embargos” bill to shield against secondary sanctions linked to the U.S. Magnitsky Act.
• He emphasized unity in the Supreme Court under new president Edson Fachin and dismissed claims of friction with Congress as an “urban legend.”