Rubio Takes Bold Action Against Brazil Over Increasing Authoritarianism

"Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that the United States would implementing visa restrictions on a powerful Brazilian Supreme Court judge after the nation’s high court issued search warrants and restraining orders against former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, his allies on the Supreme Court and his immediate families members will have their visas revoked, Rubio announced. This is due to what he described as a “political witch hunt” against Bolsonaro and his supporters that has essentially amounted to a much more aggressive version of the January 6 Capitol protests crackdown, resulting in decades-long prison sentences for peaceful protesting.
“President Trump made clear that his administration will hold accountable foreign nationals who are responsible for censorship of protected expression in the United States,” Rubio said in a statement.

“Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s political witch hunt against Jair Bolsonaro created a persecution and censorship complex so sweeping that it not only violates basic rights of Brazilians, but also extends beyond Brazil’s shores to target Americans,” he continued.
As part of the high court’s orders, Bolsonaro is prohibited from contacting foreign officials, using social media or approaching embassies over allegations that he sought support from President Donald Trump. Moraes — who has aggressively expanded the power of the Supreme Court since 2021 — claimed there was a “high possibility” that Bolsonaro would flee the country.
Federal agents earlier this week raided Bolsonaro’s properties and placed on ankle monitor on him despite the fact that he is polling ahead of current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, an anti-American figure who has pulled Brazil towards Russia and China." TP