‘SUPREME HUMILIATION’

Former President of Brazil Placed Under House Arrest

The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered the former president to wear an ankle monitor and remain at home on nights and weekends.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered that Jair Bolsonaro wear an ankle monitor to ensure that the former president of Brazil will remain at home and stay away from foreign embassies. The order came ahead of his trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup and poison his political rival, left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after losing the 2022 presidential election. Bolsonaro’s attorney reported that the court has also ordered him to cease communication with his son, Eduardo, who has been lobbying in Washington for President Donald Trump to help his father, according to The New York Times. Trump, Bolsonaro’s longtime ally, provoked Brazilian authorities by threatening a trade war and imposing 50 percent tariffs to end the “witch hunt” against the alt-right politician. Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes said that new measures were imposed on Bolsonaro after consultation with Brazil’s attorney general and federal police, the Times reports. The justice says Bolsonaro poses a substantial flight risk and has worked in concert with his son and Trump to coerce the court and the Brazilian federal government. Bolsonaro strongly denies the allegations, calling his ankle monitor a “supreme humiliation.”