US SANCTIONS IN BRAZIL
Supreme Court tries to draw the line on US intervention
Justice Flávio Dino tries to limit the enforcement of foreign rulings on Brazilian soil. Photo: Gustavo Moreno/STF
Justice Flávio Dino of the Supreme Court has moved to shield the country from the extraterritorial reach of US sanctions, barring banks and companies from enforcing foreign measures without prior review by Brazil’s courts.
Dino ruled in a case of sovereignty disputes with the United Kingdom over the 2015 Mariana dam disaster as precedent for limiting the enforcement of foreign rulings on Brazilian soil. But his decision also aimed at…
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