Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro and Ankle Monitor
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US Revokes VISA For Brazil Judge Over Bolsonaro 'Witch Hunt'
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered by his country's supreme court to wear an ankle monitor. He has been lobbying Donald Trump for help.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called a U.S. decision to impose visa bans on officials involved in former President Jair Bolsonaro's trial "arbitrary" and "baseless," and said foreign interference in the judiciary was "unacceptable.
President Trump’s plan to place tariffs on Brazilian goods because of a legal action against the country’s former president has boosted its leftist leader.
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, authorities said on Friday, in a move he described as "a supreme humiliation." The development came as federal police conducted searches at his home and his party’s headquarters in Brasília,
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Friday’s measures against Bolsonaro were the clearest sign yet that Brazil has no intention of backing off his prosecution, despite White House pressure.
Bolsonaro is prohibited from contacting foreign ambassadors and diplomats amid local media reports that police executed search warrants at his home and political HQ.
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro would meet with U.S. President Donald Trump if he had access to his passport, he told Reuters in an interview on Friday, following federal police searches of his home and party headquarters.
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, authorities said Friday, in a move he described as "a supreme humiliation."