By contrast, Trump imposed steep tariffs on neighboring Brazil before its Supreme Court sentenced former leader Jair Bolsonaro to prison for plotting a coup, with Bessent slapping sanctions on the wife of the judge who led the charge in a separate announcement Monday. The US president has also attacked boats of alleged drug traffickers in a warning to Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro.Supporting Milei reinforces the Trump administration’s more robust presence in Latin America. Bessent called Argentina “a systemica ...