Amazon's cloud business records 18% growth in second quarter SpaceX has said it has about 250,000 Starlink customers in Brazil. Its competitors there include Hughesnet, Viasat and Telebras. The Starlink account on X published the following statement, referring to its decision and de Moraes: Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the news you need to know with the Chicago Catch-Up newsletter. SIGN UP "To our customers in Brazil (who may not be able to read this as a result of X being blocked by @alexandre): The Starlink team is doing everything possible to keep you connected. Following last week's order from @alexandre that froze Starlink's finances and prevents Starlink from conducting financial transactions in Brazil, we immediately initiated legal proceedings in the Brazilian Supreme Court explaining the gross illegality of this order and asking the Court to unfreeze our assets. Regardless of the illegal treatment of Starlink in freezing of our assets, we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil. We continue to pursue all legal avenues, as are others who agree that @alexandre's recent orders violate the Brazilian constitution. Before Starlink agreed to comply with the orders to block X, the telecommunications regulator for Brazil, Anatel, had threatened sanctions against the company. A public clash between Musk and the current administration in Brazil, a major non-NATO ally of the U.S., has been escalating for months. Musk recently characterized de Moraes as a "criminal," comparing him to movie and book villains such as Darth Vader and Voldemort, and has repeatedly called for his impeachment, insisting de Moraes' orders amount to illegal censorship. Musk has praised Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro and promised retribution against de Moraes and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "Unless the Brazilian government returns the illegally seized property of X and SpaceX, we will seek reciprocal seizure of government assets too," Musk wrote over the weekend. "Hope Lula enjoys flying commercial." In April, Musk wrote "How did @Alexandre de Moraes become the dictator of Brazil? He has Lula on a leash." In an interview with CNN Brazil after the court's orders were unanimously upheld by a panel of five justices, Lula said he hopes the controversy surrounding the suspension of X in his country would show the world "it isn't obliged to put up with Musk's far-right free-for-all just because he is rich," according to a translation from Portuguese to English reported by The Guardian. Under Lula, Brazil's environmental authority Ibama seized Starlink terminals used by illegal miners in the Amazon rainforest. Also on CNBC