In a significant diplomatic shift, the United States has lifted sanctions imposed on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, according to an announcement by the Treasury Department on Friday. This move comes amid a backdrop of recalibrated U.S.-Brazil relations, following President Trump's recent engagements with Brazil's leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Justice Moraes had been sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act due to his oversight in the trial against ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, accused of orchestrating a coup attempt. The sanctions, branded as punitive measures by the Trump administration, were said to target the Brazilian judiciary's handling of dissenting voices. Moraes' wife, Viviane Barci, and a financial entity associated with her were also freed from sancti

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