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WASHINGTON — Products imported to the U.S. from Brazil — including almost a third of the supply relied on every day by America’s coffee drinkers — are subject to a 50% tariff beginning Friday, not because of Brazil’s trade policies, but because of President Donald Trump’s relationship with the country’s…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hit Brazil with a 50 per cent tariff on most of its goods, escalating the growing diplomatic crisis with Latin America’s biggest economy. Trump also unveiled sanctions on the Brazilian Supreme Court judge who is overseeing the trial of his ideological ally, former President…

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Judge Alexandre de Moraes has been leading an investigation into former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. US officials said on Wednesday that they will sanction Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, accusing him of authorising "arbitrary pre-trial detentions" and suppressing "freedom of expression". Judge Moraes has been leading the investigation…

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The US froze Judge de Moraes’s assets, citing his role in arbitrary detentions, censorship, and cases against Bolsonaro. Brazil has criticised the United States Department of the Treasury’s decision to impose sanctions on Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial…

The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has been a target of criticism by President Donald Trump for his handling of legal cases involving former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The sanctions come five months after Trump’s social media company,…

A few weeks ago, inside the marbled corridor of Brazil’s Foreign Ministry, the country’s leftist President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, received a question from a journalist: “Trump said he would announce a tariff against Brazil,” she began. But, before the journalist could finish her question, she was interrupted by…

Radical leftist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that former President Jair Bolsonaro must “pay for the shit he did,” referring to the ongoing “coup” trial against Bolsonaro. Lula also criticized Donald Trump for supporting Bolsonaro against what the American president called a “witch hunt”…

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