Overview

• Treasury designated Viviane Barci de Moraes and the family-linked Lex Instituto de Estudos Juridicos under the Global Magnitsky Act, freezing any U.S. assets and barring transactions.
• The U.S. is revoking visas for Solicitor-General Jorge Messias and five other current or former judicial figures, including Jose Levi, Benedito Goncalves, Airton Vieira, Marco Antonio Martin Vargas and Rafael Henrique Janela Tamai Rocha.
• Brazil’s government condemned the measures as undue interference and an attack on sovereignty, while Justice Alexandre de Moraes defended the judiciary’s independence.
• Brazil’s prosecutor charged Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, alleging he lobbied the U.S. to coerce his father’s coup trial; he rejects the accusation.
• U.S. officials say lifting penalties depends on full amnesty for Bolsonaro and related actors, as prior steps including a 50% tariff remain in force and warnings were issued to financial institutions about dealing with designees.