The Brazilian government responded to Rubio’s statement. “We are not intimidated by threats such as those of the US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio,” said the Brazilian Foreign Ministry on X. Brazil will defend his sovereignty, the ministry said.
The United States has already set an import levy of 50 percent on Brazilian products. The visas of various judges of the Supreme Court have also been withdrawn and the country has imposed the country Alexandre de Moraes of the Brazilian Supreme Court Financial Sanctions.]
Conviction
On Thursday, four of the five judges of the Court voted for conviction and then they voted over the punishment.
Brazilian former President Bolsonaro convicted of coup attempt
This penalty includes participating in a criminal organization and an attempt to overthrow the violent overthrow of democracy.
Bolsonaro lost the elections of the Social Democrat Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October 2022, but did not seem to accept that defeat. He expressed unfounded doubts about the functioning of voting machines before the elections. That was heavily charged to him by the judges, because he has encouraged the population to support a coup.