Deputy criticizes the possibility of STF minister to consider confiscation of US assets in Brazil
The federal deputy (PL-SP) criticized this Thursday (21.ago.2025) the Minister of the STF (Supreme Court) Flávio Dino. In (former Twitter), called the magistrate “Communist Old School” And he compared his stance to Fidel Castro in 1959 in Cuba when they were confiscated active American in the country.
“For Dino, I always warned of being an Old School communist, the solution would be the same as Fidel Castro gave to Cuba in 1959: to confiscate all the ‘American’ assets in the country”said the deputy.
Eduardo’s speech refers to the consequences after the decision of Flávio Dino, of Monday (18th), which. The minister does not mention in the document that the measure is a reaction to the sanction against fellow court colleague Alexandre de Moraes, imposed by the United States government.
The decision had negative repercussions. On Tuesday (19th), (São Paulo Stock Exchange). The minister stated on Wednesday (20.ago) registered in the markets.
Then, in an interview with the news agency Reuters On Tuesday (19.ago.2025), Moraes said that Brazilian banks in response to a determination from the United States.
Report of the newspaper indicates that if there is a reaction from the US against Dino’s decision, the ministers should adopt another measure: block assets or accounts of American companies with interest in Brazil.
Eduardo criticized the possibility and said that, besides not being advantageous, the economic and technological scenario of 2025 make the measure harmful to Brazil. He remembered that even China, the main rival of the US, opted for this way.
The deputy also questioned whether “Dino’s withdrawal” It would be linked to a publication by Christopher Landau, deputy secretary of US state, who on Wednesday (20.ago.2025), in reference to Moraes.
