According to the news portal, the warning appears in an official response sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Chamber of Deputies and signed by Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira.
In the document, the minister days that Washington’s decision to designate the *Comando Vermelho* (CV) and the *Primeiro Comando da Capital* (PCC) as terrorist organizations “could be invoked as justification for extraterritorial actions against Brazilian institutions, particularly in the financial, immigration, and criminal spheres.”
Furthermore, Vieira adds that “there is a risk of the use of US military force against national territory.”
According to the official response, the Brazilian government did not receive formal communication from Washington regarding the measure to classify the CV and PCC as terrorist organizations.
The foreign minister states that the US procedure constitutes “a unilateral act” that does not require a formal statement from Brazil, although he emphasizes that the Executive branch has expressed its opposition to the measure.
He also warns that the US decision could have “significant impacts on both the economic front and regarding national sovereignty.”
According to the document, such a classification would allow US authorities to apply unilateral and extraterritorial administrative and judicial measures against Brazilian individuals, companies, or organizations—even when they maintain no direct ties to the United States or their relationship with the designated organizations is indirect or involuntary.
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