The news that the United States removed sanctions against STF (Supreme Federal Court) minister Alexandre de Moraes was highlighted in the international press.
The British newspaper The Guardian recalled that Moraes had been sanctioned by , used against individuals accused of violating human rights, since July.
“The decision is a huge setback for [Jair] Bolsonaro and his son, congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, who left his post in Brazil to lobby Washington for punitive measures against what he calls the ‘persecution’ of his father,” wrote the Guardian.
The Financial Times also reported on the removal of sanctions against Moraes and his wife, Viviane Barci de Moraes. The newspaper explains that “the couple no longer runs the risk of having their US assets frozen and American companies being banned from doing business with them.”
“The measure helps pave the way for closer relations between the countries after a crisis at the beginning of the year, when President Donald Trump tried to force Brazil to drop the case against Bolsonaro, which he called a ‘witch hunt'”, says the Financial Times.
Bloomberg highlighted that the decision is a retreat “in the fight that Donald Trump fought with Brazil and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva”. The publication states that the Brazilian president and minister Moraes “refused to give in to US pressure.”
