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Weekly Report - 18 December 2025 (WR-25-50)
BRAZIL: Blow for Bolsonarismo as De Moraes sanctions lifted
The US decided on 12 December to lift the sanctions it imposed in late July on Brazilian supreme court (STF) justice Alexandre de Moraes, the judge presiding over the case that resulted in the conviction in September of former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023), who was found guilty of plotting a coup in 2022 to stay in power after losing the presidential election that year. Meanwhile, the senate passed a bill on 17 December that could benefit Bolsonaro by reducing his prison time [WR-25-49], which was watered down from the original Bolsonarista proposal to pardon all those convicted in relation to the far-right riots in Brasília on 8 January 2023.
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