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U.S. Expands Brazil Sanctions to Justice’s Wife as Bolsonaro Seeks End to House Arrest

Brazil calls the widening penalties unlawful interference from Washington.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving the house arrest after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Herculano/ File Photo
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a picture with Brazil's Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes and his wife Viviane Barci de Moraes during the Independence Day parade in Brasilia, Brazil September 7, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to the press in Madrid, Spain, September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo

Overview

  • Treasury sanctioned Viviane Barci de Moraes and the family’s Lex Institute under the Global Magnitsky Act, blocking their U.S. assets and transactions.
  • The White House is revoking U.S. visas for Solicitor-General Jorge Messias and five other current or former judicial officials linked to cases overseen by Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
  • Brazil’s government issued a formal protest, denouncing the measures as an attack on sovereignty and a politicized misuse of sanctions law.
  • Brazil’s prosecutor general charged congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro with trying to influence his father’s coup trial by lobbying the U.S. to impose penalties.
  • Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers asked a court to lift his house arrest, arguing he has not been charged in the separate investigation into alleged outreach to President Trump.