Chanting slogans and waving indicators studying “Sovereignty is not negotiable,” protesters gathered exterior the U.S. Embassy in Brazil and close to the U.S. consulates in a number of main cities, together with Rio de Janeiro, denouncing the U.S. makes an attempt to weaponize tariffs and intervene with Brazil’s nationwide sovereignty and judicial independence.
The U.S. authorities on Wednesday introduced that it might impose tariffs of as much as 50 % on Brazilian exports and sanction Alexandre de Moraes, a justice of Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court at the moment overseeing the case in opposition to former President Jair Bolsonaro, who’s accused of trying to grab energy after shedding his reelection bid in 2022.
The newest Brazil tariff hike, among the many highest imposed by the United States on its buying and selling companions, comes after Trump’s accusation that the Brazilian judiciary is abusing energy and his demand to halt the trial of Bolsonaro.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has strongly rejected the U.S. measures, denouncing the interference within the nation’s inside affairs and accusing the opposition — significantly members of the Bolsonaro household — of placing international alliances forward of nationwide pursuits. He insists that Brazil negotiate on equal phrases and resist exterior strain surrounding Bolsonaro’s prosecution.
