Coca-Cola, a US-based multinational company, talked about sponsoring a conference featuring Minister Alexandre de Moraes as a speaker in November this year. The statement comes after the article revealed that a member of the US State Department contacted a company executive directly to question the financial support.
As is known, the government of Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Moraes with the Magnitsky Act, in July of this year, due to his work at the Federal Supreme Court. In a memo sent to the column, Coca-Cola communicated that it had already supported the National Conference on Public Ministry (Conamp) in previous editions, and that when sponsorship was sealed this year, it was not yet aware of who the speakers would be.
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Sponsored by Coca-Cola Event with Alexandre de Moraes
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STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes was sanctioned by the Magnitsky Act
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Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes
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Read the company’s full position:
“• Coca-Cola Brasil has been a corporate partner of Conamp for several years, as have many other companies, supporting the National Conference of Public Ministry with the sole aim of promoting dialogue on topics of public interest and social importance.
• The company has no involvement in determining the program or selecting speakers. These responsibilities lie exclusively with the event organisers.
• When corporate sponsorship was confirmed at the last edition of the conference, the company was not informed of the list of speakers. The company or its representatives did not participate in the conference, and had no role in its development.”
Moraes joined the São Paulo MP
In 2025, the 26th National Prosecutor’s Congress had the theme “The Prosecutor of the Future: Democratic, Decisive and Innovative”. Minister Alexandre de Moraes concluded the event with his speech. Tickets cost between R$820 and R$1,020.
Alexandre de Moraes had already joined the Public Ministry in São Paulo. The current STF judge was a prosecutor between 1991 and 2002.
In the White House members’ view, companies doing business in the United States risk secondary sanctions if they directly or indirectly fund people sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act, such as Moraes.
In the case of Coca-Cola, Washington will likely remain alert and not punish the multinational beverage company.