This summer, the former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, faced a 27-year prison sentence handed down by a Brazilian Supreme Court panel, influenced by Alexandre de Moraes. Moraes ordered Bolsonaro’s premature arrest, part of a series of authoritarian actions consolidating power, reminiscent of military dictatorships. Criticized for previous actions, Moraes is now praised by some for targeting right-wing protesters and jailing Bolsonaro, hindering his political future. Many Brazilians have been targeted for political speech, with preventive detentions and social media censorship under Moraes’s orders.