SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil braced Friday for possible new U.S. sanctions linked to former President Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on coup charges, after the administration of President Donald Trump warned it would respond “accordingly.”.
Trump said he was “very unhappy” with the conviction, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on his X account that the U.S. government would “respond accordingly to this witch hunt.”.
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“The government already has a plan to support affected companies and mitigate losses from the tariffs.
Brazil is aggressively seeking new markets to make up for a potential drop in exports to the United States,” he said.
Sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act typically are used against figures accused of human rights abuses.
Lula, in an interview Thursday with local TV Band, said any Trump threat to sanction Brazil was an arrogant denial of Brazil’s right to judge its own crimes. »