Justice Flavio Dino at the Supreme Court of Brazil in Brasilia on June 4, 2025. Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images
Brazil’s Supreme Court dismissed U.S. sanctions, ruling that laws or judicial decisions from other countries have no effect in the country without prior approval from the government institutions provided for in the Federal Constitution and Brazilian laws.
Justice Flavio Dino of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) suspended the validity of any judicial decisions, laws, decrees, and executive orders from foreign countries without analysis or approval by a Brazilian judicial body.
