Carrie Khan

Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.

Maduro has called the U.S.

actions high-seas piracy and profiteering.

Venezuela's vice president says it has asked the U.N.

and other governments to intervene.

In a social media post, the foreign ministry says Iran has offered its full solidarity to confront the U.S.

actions that, quote, violate international laws.

Maduro continues to flood Venezuelan state TV and social media accounts with videos decrying the U.S.

and plays in heavy rotation as pleas in English that Venezuela just wants peace, not war.

He's printed the slogan on red MAGA-style hats he dons at rallies filled with supporters.

Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.

Bolsonaro was sentenced to decades in prison for attempting to overturn his re-election loss and stay in power.

Trump had said the U.S.

sanctions against Justice Alexandre de Moraes were justified because of what he called a witch hunt against Bolsonaro.

He condemned Brazil's current leftist leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and imposed harsh tariffs on the country's exports.

But in a reversal, the Justice Department has now lifted the sanctions against Moraes and his wife,

Trump has also gradually lifted many of the tariffs.

He and Lula have forged a cordial relationship in recent weeks.

Bolsonaro began his 27-year sentence in a special cell in Brasilia.

Earlier this week, the lower house passed a law that could reduce his time in jail.