The US has lifted sanctions on Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his wife as bilateral ties improve Evaristo Sa

The US Treasury Department lifted sanctions Friday on Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw a trial of his country's jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro.

The sanctions were part of a series of punitive actions taken against Brazil by the administration of President Donald Trump, a longtime ally of Bolsonaro who had slammed the trial as a "witch hunt."

Moraes was sanctioned in July and Washington took aim at his wife Viviane Barci de Moraes a few months later.

The sanctions against the couple and a company linked to their family were eased after efforts to repair diplomatic ties between Brazil and the US, in a blow to Bolsonaro a

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