According to president, shares of the Brazilian former Mandanker and his son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, would have led to the imposition of an import tariff of 50% on Brazilian products
President Luiz Inácio da Silva stated that and his son, the deputy, should be investigated and convicted of “homeland betrayal” for, according to him, incites the government, under the presidency of taking harmful measures to. The statement was given to the news agency Reuters.
According to Lula, the actions of the former president and his son would have led to the imposition of an import tariff of 50% on Brazilian products, the highest ever applied to any nation by the US. The Brazilian president classified the episode as “unprecedented” in the country’s history. “There is no precedent in history a President of the Republic and a son who is deputy to go to the United States to inflate the president of the United States against Brazil,” said Lula. He also added that such attitudes caused “damage to the Brazilian economy and Brazilian workers.”
Eduardo Bolsonaro graduated from his parliamentary term and moved to the United States earlier this year. The goal would be to seek support from Donald Trump against the lawsuits that his father faces in Brazil, including accusations of attempted coup d’état after the 2022 elections.
After Eduardo Bolsonaro’s movements in Washington, the White House announced the surcharge to Brazilian products.
US government reaction
The United States government, in turn, has reached the case again. Daren Baty, Under -Secretary of Public Diplomacy of the State Department, published in his social networks new threats to the Brazilian government. In the publication, he accuses the minister of (STF), of being the “main architect of a complex of censorship and persecution” to Bolsonaro and his supporters.
Baty’s publication also mentions that “flagrant human rights abuses” committed by Moraes would have resulted in a “global magnitsky” sanction by President Trump. The Undersecretary advises that the allies of Moraes, both in the Supreme Court and in other spheres, do not assist or encourage what he calls “sanctioned behavior.” The message ends with a warning: “We are monitoring the situation closely.”
Lula, in turn, stressed that the Supreme Court is processing the former president independently, based on legal evidence.
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