On March 6th, 2026, the United States re-ignited their pressure on Brazil to designate two major Brazilian crime syndicates, PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) and Comando Vermelho, as “terrorist organizations”. In this post, I will introduce the U.S. practice to label Latin American drug syndicates “terrorist organizations”, and outline how this raises issues in relation…

In the last two weeks, a range of topics were covered in EJIL Talk!, from international criminal law and human rights, to the rule of non-intervention and the sources of international law. We also have the latest installment of EJIL: the Podcast! out now for your enjoyment. Special attention has been given to two Advisory Opinions on…

On 9th of July 2025, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, sent a letter to the Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva communicating that the US will impose a 50% tariff over Brazilian imports starting August 1st. The letter was released in Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, and came as a relative surprise…