David Goldman and his Brazilian attorney Ricardo Zamariola are today filing an emergency appeal with the Brazilian Supreme Court to negate the stay order issued by Justice Marco Aurelius Mello. It is hoped that the Supreme Court will hear the appeal today, if not the court goes into its Christmas recess, not returning until February 2010.
Reacting to the events in Brazil on Thursday, Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey placed on hold a trade bill now in the U.S. Senate that would benefit Brazil and other countries exporting some products duty-free to the United States.