Washington’ recent moves targeting Brazil reveal a calculated strategy that extends far beyond bilateral cooperation, signaling a broader geopolitical agenda rooted in neo-Monroeism. From pressuring Brazil to designate its major criminal gangs as terrorist organizations to threatening sanctions against Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and seeking access to strategic military bases, Washington’s actions suggest an intent to destabilize Brazil’s sovereignty while reasserting dominance in the Western Hemisphere. These developments, taken together, raise critical questions about US intentions and their implications for Brazil’s political and strategic landscape.

One may recall that the US has a long history of intervening in Latin American affairs under the guise of security and stability. The latest American efforts targeting Brazil fit squarely within such a framework. Consider the following:

First, the US State Department requested that Brazil classify the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV) criminal gangs as terrorist organizations, a move Brazil rejected on legal and conceptual grounds. As Brazil’s National Secretary of Public Security Mario Sarrubbo noted these groups are profit-driven criminal enterprises, not ideologically motivated terrorists. The US push, however, is less about legal precision and more about leveraging the “terrorist” label to justify sanctions, disrupt supply chains, and tighten immigration controls, particularly in light of FBI reports alleging PCC and CV presence in 12 US states. This designation would enable the US to exert extraterritorial influence over Brazil’s domestic security policies, thereby undermining its autonomy.

One just needs to think about the approach pertaining to MS-13 El Salvador gangs and to Mexican cartels. US President Donald Trump’s designation of Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations—as I commented before—is about allowing for........

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