> According to the Constitution of Brazil, foreign court decisions "can only be enforced in Brazil upon approval or in compliance with international judicial cooperation mechanisms," the court said.
> Although the ruling did not explicitly mention the Magnitsky Act, a Brazilian court source told AFP that the ruling "in theory" invalidates the law in Brazil -- though Washington has already contested this interpretation.
They are moving to sacrifice the country's entire economy in order to maintain the despotic supreme court judge who got sanctioned under Magnitsky.
If they keep this up it's pretty much over for this country. Wow.
“those providing material support to human rights abusers face sanctions risk themselves.” The irony, this comes from a government with strong ties to Saudi Arabia, Israel and El Salvador.
This is something what USA is taking for granted. Case and point - DMCA. American companies are sending DMCA takedown through their lawyers and then being surprised that nothing may happen when DMCA takedown is ignored by European company with no exposure to USA (services nor presence).
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 20.7 ms ] thread> Although the ruling did not explicitly mention the Magnitsky Act, a Brazilian court source told AFP that the ruling "in theory" invalidates the law in Brazil -- though Washington has already contested this interpretation.
They are moving to sacrifice the country's entire economy in order to maintain the despotic supreme court judge who got sanctioned under Magnitsky.
If they keep this up it's pretty much over for this country. Wow.
What did the US government expect? The Brazilian government to carry out their wishes just because of US legal action in the US?