The United States government announced this Friday (12) the removal of the names of minister Alexandre de Moraes and his wifelawyer Viviane Barci de Moraes, of the Magnitsky Law sanctions, which generated celebration and praise from Brazilian politicians and authorities.
The chief minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffman, posted on her social networks that the withdrawal of the sanction is a victory for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a defeat for Jair Bolsonaro’s family.
“The removal of US sanctions against Minister Alexandre de Moraes is a great victory for Brazil and President Lula. It was Lula who put this revocation on Donald Trump’s table, in a proud and sovereign dialogue. It is a great defeat for Jair Bolsonaro’s family, traitors who conspired against Brazil and against Justice.”
The leader of the PT in the Chamber of Deputies, Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ), posted a video on his social networks celebrating the decision.
“The Trump government has just removed Alexandre de Moraes from the Magnitsky Act. Victory for democracy, sovereignty and diplomacy for President Lula’s government. Great day,” he said.
Federal deputy Fernanda Melchionna (PSOL-RS) wrote that it was time to correct this imperialist imposition on a Brazilian minister. “Eduardo Bolsonaro and Paulo Figueiredo must be crying in the fetal position right now,” he commented.
Federal deputy Erika Hilton (PSOL) recalled that the law was awaited by the Bolsonaro family. “It was one of the only hopes that Eduardo, one day, would hug his father again”, he posted.
The sanctions of the Magnitsky Act were imposed on Alexandre de Moraes by the Donald Trump government at the end of July. In September, the list also began to include Viviane’s name.
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Representative Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SO), who negotiated sanctions on Brazil with the North American government, also spoke out – together with journalist Paulo Figueiredo – about the end of the application of the Magnitsky Law against Moraes. In the text, published in Portuguese and English, they regretted the US decision.
“We received with regret the news of the most recent decision announced by the American government. We are grateful for the support that President Trump has shown throughout this journey and for the attention he has dedicated to the serious crisis of freedoms that is plaguing Brazil.”
