BRASÍLIA — For weeks, Jair Bolsonaro’s closest advisers had proposed alternatives. The former president of Brazil, serving 27 years in prison for attempting a coup after his 2022 election loss, was looking for a successor to lead the populist movement he created into this year’s presidential contest. Source link
BRASÍLIA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a fugitive former Brazilian intelligence chief and congressman Monday in Florida on alleged immigration violations, Brazilian authorities said, closing an international manhunt that stretched for six months across two continents. Source link
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro will continue to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison due to failing health, a judge ruled Tuesday. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes allowed the 71-year-old to return to his residence in capital Brasilia after he is discharged from the hospital, but he argued in his decision that he will review the case within 90 days. Bolsonaro will wear an ankle monitor and is not allowed to use cellphones, the judge ruled. Local police will surveil his house in a gated community, where protesters are not allowed to gather. Bolsonaro is not allowed any visitors except for doctors and family members. The embattled leader has been hospitalized since March 13 for pneumonia, one of several health problems he has faced since he was stabbed by a man in 2018 before he was elected president. His house imprisonment could be extended after another medical report. Legal experts say it is rare for Brazilian judges to establish limits for house …
FILE – Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption toggle caption Eraldo Peres/AP RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has pneumonia and is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit, a hospital in the capital, Brasilia, said Friday. One of his doctors, Brasil Caiado, told journalists that the 70-year-old’s medical situation was serious. “Pneumonia in patients over 70 is always serious because it can progress to septicemia, since the bacteria can normally enter the bloodstream and cause an even more severe condition,” Caiado said. Earlier in the day, Bolsonaro’s eldest son Flávio said on X that his father was being transferred from prison to a hospital after waking up with chills and vomiting. “I ask for prayers that it not be anything serious,” Flávio wrote. Flávio Bolsonaro has said he will run for president this year, and recent polls show him and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva almost tied. Jair Bolsonaro …
BRASILIA, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from hospital and taken to prison on Thursday after undergoing medical procedures to treat a hernia and hiccups, according to local media reports. A Reuters witness saw official vehicles leaving the DF Star hospital early in the evening, where the 70-year-old was hospitalized, and heading to the Federal Police Superintendency in Brasilia, where he is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election. Earlier in the day, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes rejected a request from Bolsonaro’s lawyers seeking permission for the former president to serve his sentence under “humanitarian house arrest.” According to the ruling, after receiving the necessary medical clearance, Bolsonaro should “return to serve his prison sentence … at the Federal Police Superintendency.” The DF Star hospital and the Federal Police declined to comment. Bolsonaro, who was stabbed in the abdomen during a 2018 campaign event, has a history of hospitalizations and surgeries related to the attack. The former president was admitted to …
The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has again denied a request from the defence team of former President Jair Bolsonaro to move him from prison to house arrest. Bolsonaro, 70, has been in and out of hospital over the past week, undergoing multiple treatments for aggressive hiccups and a hernia. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list But on Thursday, his petition for house arrest on “humanitarian grounds” was denied, a day after it was filed. In explaining the court’s decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes argued that Bolsonaro already has access to round-the-clock medical care in police custody. The former right-wing leader is currently being held at the federal police headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting to overturn his 2022 electoral defeat. De Moraes also questioned whether Bolsonaro’s health merited “humanitarian” accommodations. “Contrary to what the defence alleges, there has been no worsening of Jair Messias Bolsonaro’s health condition,” the justice said in his decision. “Rather, his clinical condition showed improvement in the discomfort he was …
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday endorsed his son Flavio Bolsonaro for the 2026 presidential election from a hospital bed in Brasilia after undergoing treatment for a hernia. “With the commitment of not allowing the popular will to be silenced, I make the decision to nominate Flavio Bolsonaro as a pre-candidate for the presidency… Source link
