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Montevideo, December 15th 2025 - 18:20 UTC

Tag: Alexandre de Moraes

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 19:29 UTC

    De Moraes' canceled credit card poses dilemma to Brazilian banks

    Not following US impositions could affect Brazilian banks' businesses abroad, but ignoring the STF could result in local penalties

    After the Banco do Brasil (BB) canceled Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes' Master Card following instructions stemming from the United States' sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against the magistrate, South America's largest country's institutions were gripped by controversy.

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Bolsonaro has 48 hours to explain asylum request to Argentina

    The Bolsonaros were found to have repeatedly sought to circumvent precautionary measures

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes on Wednesday gave former President Jair Bolsonaro 48 hours to explain an asylum request to Argentina found in his mobile telephone by the Federal Police (PF).

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 09:23 UTC

    Bolsonaro seeks acquittal in coup plot trial, denies evidence against him

    The former president is charged with attempting to violently abolish the democratic rule of law

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has submitted his final statement to the Supreme Court, requesting acquittal on five charges that could add up to 43 years in prison. “There is no evidence of the coup imagined by the prosecution,” his defense argued, denying any link to the alleged plan to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 21:46 UTC

    Brazil: Opposition lawmakers stay the night in Congress

    Bolsonaro's followers want a broad amnesty plus De Moraes' impeachment

    Brazilian opposition lawmakers spent the night in both houses of Congress on Wednesday, which prevented work from resuming. Those who stayed through the wee hours of Thursday were relayed by some of their colleagues before dawn.

  • Monday, August 4th 2025 - 21:18 UTC

    De Moraes places sitting Senator under house arrest with a tracking anklet

    De Moraes allowed Do Val to exceed the 7 pm curfew if necessary to participate in Senate sessions

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes on Monday ordered Senator Marcos Do Val (Podemos-ES) to have a tracking anklet fitted and remain under house arrest at night and during weekends. The measure was carried out as soon as the Congressman landed at Brasilia Airport back from the United States, where he had gone despite an STF warrant banning him from leaving the country.

  • Monday, August 4th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Bolsonaro supporters gather across Brazil in his support

    The former president's appearance through social media postings could land him in jail

    Thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters protested in several Brazilian cities after the United States imposed tariffs on Brazilian products and sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes, who is the rapporteur in Bolsonaro's trial for an alleged attempted coup.

  • Saturday, August 2nd 2025 - 10:34 UTC

    Eduardo Bolsonaro no different from Jan. 8 perpetrators, says De Moraes

    The actions of people linked to Jair Bolsonaro seek a “tyrannical dismissal to benefit certain people who believe themselves to be above the Constitution, the law, and institutions,” De Moraes argued

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes likened Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro's actions in the US to the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état, allegedly masterminded by the latter's father. The magistrate criticized the lawmaker's deals with the White House to undermine him and obtain amnesty for former President Jair Bolsonaro.

  • Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 20:55 UTC

    US imposes sanctions on STF Judge De Moraes

    The US Treasury Department “will continue to hold accountable those who threaten US interests and the freedoms of our citizens,” Bessent said

    The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday imposed a series of sanctions against Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes, whom the agency accuses believes to have violated freedom of expression through “arbitrary arrests” in the attempted coup trial and with his decisions regarding US social media companies.

  • Tuesday, July 22nd 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    De Moraes rules Bolsonaro has 24 hours to explain use of social media

    Bolsonaro displayed his electronic anklet while visiting the Lower House

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes ruled Monday that former President Jair Bolsonaro and his legal team had 24 hours to explain the alleged use of social media, which would constitute noncompliance with the precautionary measures imposed by the magistrate.

  • Saturday, July 19th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    US revokes visas of De Moraes and his family

    De Moraes' witch hunt against Bolsonaro “extends beyond Brazil's borders,” Rubio insisted

    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the visas of Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and his family revoked following the magistrate's latest ruling regarding former President Jair Bolsonaro, whom he placed under house arrest with a tracking device around his ankle.