
03/09/2025
PRAYER ALERT: Bolsonaro House Arrest Draws 50% Tariff from US
On Aug. 4, the Supreme Court of Brazil had Jair Bolsonaro put under house arrest. They accused the former president of plotting a coup to stay in office despite his alleged 2022 defeat. US President Trump, who faced similar accusations after the 2020 election, imposed a 50% tariff on Brazil. Specifically, he tied it to the “witch hunt” weaponization of the judicial branch against Bolsonaro.
Prosecutors accuse him of leading a criminal organization to overturn the 2022 election. Moreover, they charge him with plans to kill the current president, Lula da Silva, and Alexandre de Moraes. De Moraes, the highest Supreme Court judge, has long fought for increased authority in Brazil. Already in 2022 he had ordered investigations of Bolsonaro’s reelection campaign. And he jailed some of Bolsanaro’s supporter for “attacks on the nation’s democratic institutions.” Now the US State Department calls de Moraes “a US-sanctioned human rights abuser”...
Read more in ETG article https://bit.ly/41wyu2W "Bolsonaro House Arrest Draws 50% Tariff from US."
BOLSONARO HOUSE ARREST. On Aug. 4, the Supreme Court of Brazil had Jair Bolsonaro put under house arrest. They accused...