Senator’s statement occurs after the Brazilian government counteracts the US statement about Supreme Courts to Big Techs
The Senator (PP-PI) declared this Thursday (27.FEV.2025) that Brazil “It has no condition ” to provoke the United States. Criticism is due to a friction between Brazilian justice and big techs Americans.
“President Lula may not like President Trump. But Brazil does not have the slightest military, political and economic condition to provoke the US. It would not be courage. It would be like invading the Falklands. Lula cannot be a new Belgrano General ”said Nogueira at X. The Congressman’s statement refers to the sinking of the Argentine ship General Belgrano Due to a British attack in the dispute for the sovereignty of the Falkland islands.
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In the 4th (26.FEV), the Embassy of the United States in Brazil A statement to the Brazilian government about the application of fines to companies based in the country, such as the Big Techs. In a publication in the X, the embassy did not directly mention any company, but made an indirect reference to the fine imposed by the Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes to the Rumble platform.
The Embassy profile translated a publication by the WHA (Bureau of Western Hemisphere affairs), an agency of the US State Department responsible for implementing the country’s foreign policy and defending their interests in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
“Respect for sovereignty is a two -way road with all US partners, including Brazil. Block access to information and impose fines on US -based companies for refusing to censor individuals who live there is incompatible with democratic values, including freedom of expression ”said the agency.
Later, the president (PT) gave a green light for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue a dura on Wednesday (26.FEV) to counter a statement,
In Itamaraty’s note, the Lula government says it has received “With surprise” The US demonstration. “The Brazilian government firmly rejects any attempt to politicize judicial decisions”, says the text.
“The statement of the State Department distorts the meaning of the decisions of the Federal Supreme Court, whose effects are intended to ensure the application, in the national territory, of the relevant Brazilian law, including the requirement of the constitution of legal representatives to all companies operating in Brazil”he affirms to Lula diplomacy.
