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by pyrale 656 days ago
> I just hope that Brazil will be able to negociate with US to punish him as he deserve for being such an (insert your prefered insult here)

No need to go there. Brazil is sovereign, and it can enforce its laws by itself.

If Starlink doesn't respect the law of the land, just freeze their assets and ask banks doing business in Brazil to stop processing payments to them. If Musk wants to maintain service for free, good for Brazilian people.

As it turns, that's what Brazilian courts did [1].

[1]: https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/08/30/musk-esca...