Brazil Bolsonaro Coup Cases

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Saturday ordered 10 people convicted in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in power after his 2022 election loss placed under house arrest, while authorities also captured and extradited former Federal Highway Police chief Silvinei Vasques from Paraguay after he cut off his ankle monitor and tried to flee using false documents. The article also notes that after initially denouncing the prosecutions as a 'witch hunt' and raising tariffs and sanctions over Bolsonaro’s trial, President Donald Trump has since lowered tariffs on Brazilian beef and coffee and the U.S. Treasury has lifted sanctions on de Moraes amid ongoing trade talks.