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US restricts visas for Brazilian officials over Bolsonaro ‘witch-hunt’

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro poses for a picture in Brasilia, Brazil, on July 18, 2025 [Mateus Bonomi/Reuters]

Washington will restrict travel visas for Brazilian judicial officials and their immediate family members, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced, over what he called a “political witch-hunt” against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

Announcing the move on Friday, Rubio accused Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes of creating a sweeping “persecution and censorship complex” that not only “violates basic rights of Brazilians, but also extends beyond Brazil’s shores to target Americans”.

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