In one of these political ironies, it was the idol of the Bolsonaro clan who was in the coffin of the tactic found by the group to try to save the patriarch from jail and punish his opponents through external pressure.
When it became clear that (PL) would be convicted of the 2022 coup plot in the Federal Supreme Court, the family sent their son, deputy Eduardo (PL-SP), to also devise a plot.
Supported by the extremist fringes embodied by Steve Bannon and others, Eduardo managed to be heard in the White House. He presented his father’s case as analogous to the processes that Trump was subjected to in the American courts, having been elected president with a criminal conviction.
In theory, putting pressure on Brazil with would be a way of putting the supposed witch hunt against his predecessor on the account of (PT) — in the fantasy bought by Trump, the Executive and the Judiciary are the same thing in the tropics, an entity dedicated to persecuting the right.
the impact of the Bolsonaros’ action was enormous. They tried a rhetorical double whammy saying that the US was punishing Lula’s anti-Americanism, but the fingerprints were exposed in the letter with which Trump announced the sanctions: he wanted Bolsonaro released.
Then came the revocation of visas for government and Supreme Court ministers and, icing on the cake, the inclusion of the nemesis of Bolsonarism, , in
Designed to punish human rights violators in the financial lives of its targets: even Brazilian banks that operate American credit card brands were subject to secondary sanctions.
Bolsonarism, but short-lived and myopic political observation.
First, the work of Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, businesspeople and Itamaraty to reopen channels with the Trump government paid off. The better climate and the American’s mercurial character resulted in the encounter at the UN with Lula and the subsequent meeting between the two in Malaysia.
A few more conversations and economic sanctions began to be eased, a process that should continue unless there are twists and turns — such as the crisis between Trump and the Venezuelan dictatorship, which could end in war.
also for Moraes’ wife, it kills the political side of “Operation Eduardo”, which had already failed in its main objective.
All the work of the diligent congressman and his associates in the USA may ultimately only result in them being sentenced to court for coercion and perhaps, in the case of the presidential son, a now unlikely revocation of office.
For Moraes, it is a relief that comes at a time when his family’s actions with the ill-fated Banco Master have put him in the spotlight.
On the clan’s side, the “timing” is terrible: under pressure with Bolsonaro in prison, the launch of his son Flávio’s presidential candidacy messed up the game of a right that was working to migrate to a (Republicanos-SP), original or generic, in 2026.
Now, another piece of electoral propaganda from a possible campaign by the senator for PL-RJ has been thrown overboard, which inspired the entire movement that took power in 2019.
it would be a political victory for Lula, even though, obviously, the Executive and Judiciary are independent. After all, any defeat for Bolsonaro falls to the PT’s credit, but the problem is that research shows that this effect has already been diluted.
In Datafolha’s government assessment, the gas that the “Sovereign Brazil” and Bolsonaro’s condemnation combo had given to Lula proved to be exhausted. Furthermore, the election is centuries away in time from politics.
That said, in the end the burden of failure lies with the Bolsonaros: they were branded traitors to the country on September 7th, and not even their personal revenge against Moraes was able to sustain it.
