Overview

• Under police escort, Jair Bolsonaro was permitted to leave home custody for a medical procedure in Brasília and returned a few hours later, according to on-site reporters.
• Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court convicted the former president last week of leading an attempted coup and sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison.
• His attorneys say they will appeal the ruling, and he remains under court-ordered house arrest and electronic monitoring due to flight-risk concerns.
• Opponents staged jubilant, carnival-style celebrations in cities including Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Belém, while pro-Bolsonaro turnout dwindled to small prayer gatherings outside his residence.
• Analysts describe a congressional amnesty as legally possible but unlikely, as tensions with the United States grow over reported tariff and sanction threats from President Trump and Lula’s public defense of the court’s decision.