Overview
- Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also removed Viviane Barci de Moraes and the family-linked Lex Institute from the list.
- De Moraes was designated in July under the Global Magnitsky Act over alleged arbitrary detentions and restrictions on free expression.
- A senior Trump administration official said keeping the designations in place was inconsistent with U.S. foreign policy interests.
- The reversal follows engagement between President Donald Trump and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, including November relief from a 40% surcharge on key Brazilian exports.
- The move undercuts Jair Bolsonaro’s allies as he serves about 27 years in prison, with his son Eduardo—who lobbied in Washington—expressing regret and facing a coercion charge in Brazil.