Overview

• The court upgraded Bolsonaro’s mid-July partial curfew to full house arrest after he posted content via his son’s social media channels.
• His confinement bars all visitors except court-authorized lawyers, strips him of mobile phones and maintains an electronic ankle monitor.
• The measures reinforce an ongoing trial accusing him of leading a coup attempt to overturn the 2022 election and plotting violence against President Lula and Justice Moraes.
• Bolsonaro’s address to supporters by phone through his son triggered street demonstrations demanding his amnesty and drew sharper judicial action.
• Internationally, President Trump has threatened 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian imports while the US State Department criticized the house arrest for limiting his public defense.