US Vice cited Moraes as banning visas for “auditors”.

Republican representatives from the United States introduced a bill this Tuesday (September 17, 2024).Censorship” against the citizens of the country. Maria Elvira Salazar, one of the program’s authors, mentions the minister by name S.T.F (Federal Supreme Court) Alexandre de Moraes speaking about the project.

Republicans called the judge “avant-garde“in”An international attack on the freedom of expression of American citizens like Elon Musk”. Members of the Brazilian opposition celebrated the move. “Many people’s potatoes are already baking”, said the federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro On Social Media (PL).

“Freedom of expression is a natural and inalienable right without boundaries. Proponents of censorship are not welcome in the free country of America. Salazar says in his book Website Officer.

What the proposal says

Title “Our beaches are not censored”, the law determines that no alien who is responsible as an agent of the government for acts that directly or indirectly violate the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution – which establishes freedom of expression – shall not be lawfully admitted. country

The proposal also establishes that the person may be deported if already on North American soil. Here it is Complete Project (PDF, in English – 44kB).

“We all know that the Federal Supreme Court in Brazil committed abuse of power when it targeted Elon Musk and blocked his access to X, a private North American company. But Americans’ freedom of speech is under attack around the world, and in more countries than we might expect“, said Darrel Issa, co-author of the bill.

OX (formerly Twitter) has been blocked in Brazil since August 30 on Moraes’ orders. The determination followed the social network’s failure to comply with a Brazilian court order to appoint a legal representative in the country.

Maria Elvira Salazar

This is not the first mention of a Brazilian minister to a Florida congressman. In May, during a session of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the abuses of Brazil’s judiciary, Salazar Moraes was shown a photo and called him “Stupid”.

“I don’t know if the minister is a socialist, a fool, a useful fool for socialists. But we know that he is curtailing one of the fundamental rights of democracy, freedom of expression.”, the Congresswoman said then.

“When I did my research, I came to the conclusion that Brazil not only has a corrupt Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but a dictatorial operator named Alexandre de Moraes who is now the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.”, he declared then.

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The hearing was attended by members of the Brazilian Congress who were in the country on an official visit to attend the event. In other words, part of the trip was paid for by the Brazilian House of Representatives.