BRASILIA: Brazil's government is studying potential responses to further sanctions by US President Donald Trump, including a limit on dividend payments by US companies with operations in Brazil, according to O Estado de S Paulo newspaper.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called a U.S. decision to impose visa bans on officials involved in former President Jair Bolsonaro's trial "arbitrary" and "baseless," and said foreign interference in the judiciary was "unacceptable.

Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties, ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag, barring him from speaking to foreign officials or approaching embassies and prohibiting him from using social media.