Between Ankle Monitors and Tariffs: The Choreography of Diplomatic Blackmail

Confessions don’t need a confessional — sometimes, a microphone and a passport offer will do. Jair Bolsonaro, former president and current star of a Brazilian political thriller, tripped over his own words and confessed. Not to the crime itself — but to the strategy: conditioning the removal of U.S. sanctions on his amnesty. This is blackmail with a tie and a diplomatic varnish.

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