00:00The U.S. signals it could expand sanctions on Brazilian officials.
00:04This comes just days after it targets the wife of Supreme Court Justice Alexandra de Moraes,
00:09who oversees the criminal case against former President Jair Bolsonaro.
00:15Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said further measures remained on the table.
00:20He cautioned that financial institutions engaging with sanctioned individuals could also face penalties,
00:25stressing that Brazilian banks needed to carefully weigh the consequences.
00:30Besson defended the decision to sanction the judge's wife,
00:33saying Washington considered her actions inseparable from her husband's conduct.
00:38The Brazilian government swiftly hit back.
00:40In a statement, the Foreign Ministry condemned the sanctions as an affront to national sovereignty
00:45and declared that Brazil would not yield to what it described as another act of aggression.
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