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Tensions rise as Lula blasts US over visa sanctions tied to Bolsonaro trial
BRAZIL, JUL 18 – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked visas of eight Brazilian Supreme Court justices and their families citing political persecution against former President Bolsonaro, escalating diplomatic tensions.
- The U.S. imposed visa restrictions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and other officials over their investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro's alleged coup attempt to overturn the 2022 election.
- Brazilian President Lula da Silva criticized the U.S. visa bans as 'arbitrary' and 'baseless', vowing to defend the rule of law and independence of the judiciary.
- In addition to Moraes, seven other Supreme Court justices were hit by the U.S. visa restrictions for their roles in Bolsonaro's trial over the alleged coup plot.
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The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, reportedly withdrew U.S. visas from eight of Brazil's eleven judges at the Supreme Federal Court (STF).The measure is being passed while the Supreme Court is expected to condemn former President Jair Bolsonaro, for allegedly orchestrating a deadly plot to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections to his left-wing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.The U.S. revokes a visa for Judge Alexandre de Moraes a…
The conservative ex-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been politically persecuted since the return of Ignacio Lulae da Silva to the presidential office. The socialist is supported by a left-wing constitutional judge – Alexandre de Moraes. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now, in response, lifted some US visas. Brazil is gradually becoming an authoritarian socialist state. Conservative politicians are constantly becoming the focus of …
Rubio strips US visas from 8 of 11 Brazilian Supreme Court judges in a show of support to Bolsonaro
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he has ordered the revocation of American visas of eight Brazilian Supreme Court judges in a show of support to the country's former President Jair Bolsonaro
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