US EditionBrazil Supreme Court justice orders house arrest of former president Bolsonaro
- Brazil's Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to be held under house arrest on Monday amid charges of plotting a coup after his 2022 electoral loss.
- The arrest followed previous court restrictions due to Bolsonaro's violation of judicial orders concerning alleged conspiracy and use of social media through his son.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes imposed a curfew, ankle monitoring, visit bans except for lawyers and authorized persons, and confiscated mobile phones from Bolsonaro's Rio home.
- Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of leading a criminal group that planned to overturn the 2022 election and included assassination plans against President Lula and a Supreme Court justice.
- The house arrest risks escalating tensions involving U.S. President Trump, who condemned the measures as a "witch hunt" and tied tariffs on Brazilian goods to Bolsonaro's case.
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Bolsonaro Under House Arrest
As of yesterday morning, the Brazilian judge who loves to dress like an 18th-century vampire... Alexandre de Moraes, the man attempting to ban 𝕏 in Brazil. pic.twitter.com/PJua4pWveX — Creepy.org (@creepydotorg) April 8, 2024 ...Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, had ordered the house…
Brazil’s ex-president and major Trump ally Bolsonaro placed on house arrest
On Monday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to be placed under house arrest amid ongoing legal proceedings over his alleged attempt to overturn the 2022 presidential election results.The case has gripped the nation since its inception in 2023 and has intensified international scrutiny, especially as it unfolds under the authority of a Supreme Court justice recently sanctioned by the Trump administration in the Unite…
Lula's government reacted to tariff threats with a controversial movement: the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, which has provoked internal protests and can derail the relationship between Brazil and the United States. More information: Saving Private Bolsonaro: Trump blackmails Brazil's Justice with tariffs to stop the trial of the former President
The legislators who launched the boycott covered their mouths with sparadrapo in a reference to the censorship that, they claim, the Supreme Court imposed on Bolsonaro Read
Bolsonaro House Arrest Casts Shadow Over Brazil-U.S. Trade Talks
When President Trump imposed eye-watering tariffs on Brazil to help Jair Bolsonaro, a political ally, Latin America’s largest nation kept a cool head and bet on old-school diplomacy. But on Monday night, that approach was imperiled when the Brazilian Supreme Court justice overseeing Mr. Bolsonaro’s case, Alexandre de Moraes, ordered his house arrest and barred him from using a cellphone. The United States quickly condemned Justice Moraes’s decis…
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