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US Politics

The Price of Principle: How Lifting Sanctions on Justice Moraes Undermines Democratic Credibility

The United States has lifted sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who presided over the conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting to overturn an election. This shameful retreat from holding authoritarian actors accountable represents a dangerous betrayal of democratic principles and signals that geopolitical convenience now trumps the defense of liberty.

Geopolitics

The Self-Inflicted Wound: How US Coercion is Handing Brazil to China on a Silver Platter

For eighteen months, the United States has systematically applied economic sanctions, judicial pressure, and electoral meddling against Brazil, only to watch China effortlessly step in as the reliable partner, capturing goodwill and trade. This is a devastating, self-inflicted wound of Western imperialism, pushing a democratic giant of the Global South firmly into the strategic embrace of a fellow civilizational state, showcasing the utter failure of coercive diplomacy and the bankruptcy of a unipolar world order.