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Bolsonaro House Arrest Casts Shadow Over Brazil-U.S. Trade Talks  The New York Times Brazil’s Bolsonaro arrested, adding to tensions with Trump  Reuters Brazil’s ex-president and major Trump ally Bolsonaro placed on house arrest  Fox News Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Bolsonaro, a Trump ally  AP News US steps up efforts to help Bolsonaro avoid jail over alleged coup plot  The Guardian …

SAO PAULO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear who his new Latin America priority is: former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a personal and political ally. In doing so, he has damaged one of the Western hemisphere’s most important and long-standing relationships, by levying 50% tariffs that begin to take effect Wednesday on the largest Latin America economy, …

The US has intensified its campaign to help Jair Bolsonaro avoid punishment for allegedly masterminding a failed coup, with the state department denouncing the decision to place Brazil’s former president under house arrest. “Let Bolsonaro speak!” the department’s bureau of western hemisphere affairs tweeted on Monday night after the far-right populist was confined to his mansion in the capital, Brasília, …

Sao Paulo — A justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the house arrest Monday of former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election – a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. Justice Alexandre …

Brazil Supreme Court orders house arrest of ex-president Bolsonaro  Axios Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for ex-President Jair Bolsonaro  CNN Brazil’s former president placed under house arrest after social media post  Sky News Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil judge orders house arrest of former president  BBC Brazil’s Bolsonaro arrested, adding to tensions with Trump  Reuters Source link

Brazil’s Bolsonaro arrested, adding to tensions with Trump  Reuters Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for ex-President Jair Bolsonaro  CNN Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil judge orders house arrest of former president  BBC Brazil’s Supreme Court orders the house arrest for former President Bolsonaro, a Trump ally  AP News Brazil police place former President Bolsonaro under house arrest  CNBC Source link

Brazil’s Bolsonaro supporters protest against Supreme Court, President Lula  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

WASHINGTON — Products imported to the U.S. from Brazil — including almost a third of the supply relied on every day by America’s coffee drinkers — are subject to a 50% tariff beginning Friday, not because of Brazil’s trade policies, but because of President Donald Trump’s relationship with the country’s former strongman president Jair Bolsonaro, and because of the actions …

Allies of Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have accused Donald Trump of launching “a direct attack on Brazilian democracy” after the US treasury slapped sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes, the supreme court judge widely credited with helping save Brazilian democracy from a 2022 rightwing coup. The highly controversial US move was announced on Wednesday by the secretary of …

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro. De Moraes oversees the criminal case against Bolsonaro, who is accused of masterminding a plot to stay in power despite his 2022 election …