After an inch increase
Demonstrators in Brazil ignite Trump dolls
Donald Trump increased the tariffs for Brazil from ten to 50 percent-as retaliation for the accused ex-President Jair Bolsonaro. The population protests.
In Brazil, people in several cities have demonstrated the high tariffs imposed by Donald Trump against the country and set fire to the US president’s dolls. Anti-Trump protests took place on Friday (local time) in the capital Brasília and in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. On posters it was read “Brazil belongs to the Brazilians”. US flags and false dollar notes were also lit.
The demonstrators expressed their anger about Trump’s politically motivated decision to prove Brazilian exports with an inch of 50 percent. They also protested against sanctions that Washington imposed against the judge at the Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes.
Trump increases Brazil tariffs to 50 percent
Trump had signed a decree on Friday that increases the ten percent tariffs that already apply to the South American country to 50 percent on August 6th. The White House justified this with an allegedly “politically motivated persecution” of the ultra-right Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro.
Trump threatened the 50 percent tariffs three weeks ago and spoke of a “witch hunt” against his political ally Bolsonaro. The right wing politician, who was head of state of Brazil from 2019 to 2022, must answer in his home country for a suspected attempt to coup. Bolsonaro threatens up to 40 years in prison.
On Wednesday, the United States announced sanctions against judge Moraes, which they blame for the “illegal witch hunt” against Bolsonaro.
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