Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes barred a US State Department official from visiting Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing former president who is serving a 27-year prison sentence in the country’s capital. https://t.co/zMKhrn93nF
É isto que acontece quando uma ditadura se consolida.
Vídeo das forças de segurança comunistas chinesas matando centenas de estudantes manifestantes na Praça Tiananmen em Pequim, em 4 de junho de 1989.
Brazil’s Supreme Court: Sanctioned, Humiliated, and Still Playing Victim
It’s official: Brazil’s top judges are having the worst week of their lives — and it couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch of would-be authoritarians.
After being slapped with U.S. Magnitsky sanctions — the financial equivalent of being sent to Siberia — Alexandre de Moraes and his black-robed colleagues did what any self-respecting tyrants would do: they went begging. Not for forgiveness, mind you — but for a workaround.
Sources say they marched into Banco do Brasil, BNDES, even the Central Bank, whining that their paychecks might get blocked and pleading for a way to sever ties with U.S.-linked banks. The pitch? Maybe dump SWIFT, hook up with Chinese surveillance systems, and hope Washington doesn’t notice.
The answer? A hard “no.” Even Brazil’s state-owned banks weren’t ready to throw their credibility out the window just to rescue Moraes and friends from their own hubris.
And here’s the kicker: these justices were offended that the banks wouldn’t play along. That’s right — the same men who lecture Brazil about “democracy” are furious that financial institutions refused to break international law for them.
This meltdown follows Moraes’ starring role as Brazil’s Censor-in-Chief, jailing opponents and banning social media accounts like it’s a weekend hobby. Well, the U.S. finally called their bluff. The embassy even reposted calls for more punishment — as if to say, “keep it up, we’ve got plenty more sanctions where that came from.”
Turns out, when you behave like a banana-republic tyrant, the free world notices. Actions have consequences — and this is just the warm-up act.
Lula’s Democracy Summit: Invite-Only, No Trump Allowed
Meanwhile, President Lula is busy hosting a “pro-democracy” summit — in the U.S., no less — but somehow managed to forget to invite Donald Trump. How convenient.
This is the same Lula who packs the Supreme Court with loyalists, jails Bolsonaro for a “coup” no one can find, and censors his opposition like a true strongman. But sure, he’s here to defend democracy.
Even better, Lula’s government is furious about U.S. tariffs — while simultaneously taxing Brazilians into poverty. Everyday citizens pay nearly 60% import taxes just to buy anything from abroad, but apparently, it’s Washington that’s being unfair.
There’s nothing quite like hosting a democracy summit while silencing dissent, arresting political opponents, and robbing your own citizens blind. It’s not democracy — it’s performance art.
Bottom Line: Brazil’s elites have finally discovered what happens when you poke the bear. The U.S. is done pretending these are noble “guardians of democracy.” They’re global embarrassments, and the world is starting to treat them as such.