“those providing material support to human rights abusers face sanctions risk themselves.” The irony, this comes from a government with strong ties to Saudi Arabia, Israel and El Salvador.
duxup · 1h ago
I'm a little lost on the whole story here, article is short.
What did the US government expect? The Brazilian government to carry out their wishes just because of US legal action in the US?
matheusmoreira · 12s ago
> I'm a little lost on the whole story here, article is short.
I submitted to HN and discussed all news regarding this saga. Here are the links if you'd like to know more.
cactacea · 12m ago
Essentially, yes. Trump has no understanding of what the word sovereign means (or just doesn't care).
matheusmoreira · 1h ago
> According to the Constitution of Brazil, foreign court decisions "can only be enforced in Brazil upon approval or in compliance with international judicial cooperation mechanisms," the court said.
> Although the ruling did not explicitly mention the Magnitsky Act, a Brazilian court source told AFP that the ruling "in theory" invalidates the law in Brazil -- though Washington has already contested this interpretation.
They are moving to sacrifice the country's entire economy in order to maintain the despotic supreme court judge who got sanctioned under Magnitsky.
If they keep this up it's pretty much over for this country. Wow.
What did the US government expect? The Brazilian government to carry out their wishes just because of US legal action in the US?
I submitted to HN and discussed all news regarding this saga. Here are the links if you'd like to know more.
> Although the ruling did not explicitly mention the Magnitsky Act, a Brazilian court source told AFP that the ruling "in theory" invalidates the law in Brazil -- though Washington has already contested this interpretation.
They are moving to sacrifice the country's entire economy in order to maintain the despotic supreme court judge who got sanctioned under Magnitsky.
If they keep this up it's pretty much over for this country. Wow.