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Brazil's
President
Luiz
Inacio
Lula da
Silva
said
that 'no
foreigner
is going
to give
order'
to him
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Brazil's
Supreme
Court
sanctions
Bolsonaro
over
alleged
foreign
interference
attempt
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Brazil's
Supreme
Court
issued
search
warrants
and
strict
new
restrictions
against
former
President
Jair
Bolsonaro
on
Friday,
barring
him from
contacting
foreign
officials
or using
social
media
amid
allegations
he
sought
help
from
former
U.S.
President
Donald
Trump to
interfere
in
Brazil’s
judiciary.
Federal
police
raided
Bolsonaro’s
home and
fitted
him with
an ankle
monitor.
The
court
cited a
“concrete
possibility”
of him
fleeing
the
country.
Justice
Alexandre
de
Moraes,
who
issued
the
order,
accused
Bolsonaro
of
trying
to
involve
a
foreign
head of
state in
an
effort
to
disrupt
ongoing
legal
proceedings—a
move
Moraes
called a
threat
to
Brazil’s
sovereignty.
In a
defiant
interview,
Bolsonaro
called
Moraes a
“dictator”
and
described
the
restrictions
as “acts
of
cowardice.”
He
denied
plans to
flee but
said he
would
meet
with
Trump if
his
passport,
previously
seized,
is
returned.
He also
confirmed
speaking
with
U.S.
diplomats
about
Trump’s
recent
threat
to
impose a
50%
tariff
on
Brazilian
goods.
Trump
has
publicly
supported
Bolsonaro,
framing
the
former
president's
trial—over
his
alleged
attempt
to block
President
Lula da
Silva’s
inauguration—as
a
political
“witch
hunt.”
Moraes
argued
those
tariffs
were
part of
an
effort
to
destabilize
Brazil’s
economy
and
judicial
system.
The
court
also
banned
Bolsonaro
from
contacting
key
allies,
including
his son
Eduardo,
a
Brazilian
congressman
working
in
Washington.
Bolsonaro
admitted
speaking
with
Eduardo
frequently
but
denied
coordinating
any U.S.
lobbying
campaign.
He added
Eduardo
may seek
U.S.
citizenship
to avoid
returning
to
Brazil.
A
five-judge
Supreme
Court
panel
upheld
the
restrictions
later
Friday,
intensifying
the
legal
pressure
on the
former
president
as he
stands
trial
for
allegedly
plotting
a coup.
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