The businessman and journalist Paulo Figueiredo Filho stated that the vote of Minister Luiz Fux, does not change the political strategy led by him and Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) in the United States.
“What’s the vote of Fux to do with Washington? The vote is being accompanied, but nothing changes here,” Figueiredo told the portal Metropolis. According to him, his word and that of Eduardo have “enough” weight to convince the US government to adopt sanctions against authorities and companies in Brazil.
Despite Fux’s divergence, a. The former president was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for leading the attempted coup d’état in 2022. Another seven defendants considered part of the central core of the conspiracy were also convicted.
In the isolated vote, Fux defended the conviction only of Mauro Cid, former Assistant of Orders of Bolsonaro, and General Walter Braga Netto for the crime of attempted violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, acquitting the other accused.
International offensive
Figueiredo, who acts as one of the main voices of the Bolsonaro family in Washington, stressed that acting in the US does not depend on the STF reading about the case.
The strategy seeks to frame Bolsonaro’s condemnation as political persecution and make way for republican parliamentarians to defend diplomatic and economic retaliation against the Lula administration.
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Even in the face of legal defeat in Brazil, pockets try to displace the debate to the international scenario, especially the US Congress.
The movement is anchored in the support of Republicans near Donald Trump and bets on turning Bolsonaro’s conviction into another chapter of the political and commercial war between Brazil and the United States.
