Overview

• Bolsonaro is confined to his home in Brasilia under an electronic monitoring bracelet with an evening-and-weekend curfew and bans on social media and non-legal visits.
• Judge Alexandre de Moraes imposed the restrictions after Bolsonaro defied earlier orders by speaking via a remote call at mass demonstrations.
• On August 3, tens of thousands of his supporters marched in over 18 cities across Brazil to protest what they viewed as political persecution.
• A 50% U.S. tariff on Brazilian exports took effect on August 6 in retaliation for what President Trump called a "witch hunt" against Bolsonaro.
• Eduardo Bolsonaro has lobbied officials in Washington and claims credit for influencing the tariffs that followed U.S. Treasury sanctions on Judge Moraes.