On Wednesday (30), Donald Trump finally included Minister Alexandre de Moraes on the list of authorities sanctioned based on the United States “Magnitsky Law.” The information was officially released by the Treasury Foreign Asset Control Office (OFAC).
American legislation is used to financially punish foreigners considered human or corrupt violators. The sanction foresees the blocking of goods and properties in the United States, as well as prohibits US citizens to carry out any transaction with those affected by the measure indefinitely. Moraes will not even be able to use American flag credit cards, which also reaches transactions in Brazil.
This will be the starting point of the program Last analysis of this Wednesday (30). Today’s program participates jurist André Marsiglia, journalist Rafael Fontana and writer Francisco Escorsim.
Trump Order officializes “tariff”
Another theme of the program will be the executive order of Trump which, also this Wednesday (30), officialized the collection of 50% of tariffs on Brazilian products, starting next Friday (1st). In the document, the Republican states that it is “facing a national emergency”.
Still, Trump again condemned Moraes’ actions, whom he accuses of “abused his judicial authority to threaten, reach and intimidate thousands of his political opponents, protect corrupt allies and suppress dissent, often coordinating with other Brazilian authorities, including other Federal Supreme Court ministers, to the detriment of US companies operating in Brazil.”
