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Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil judge eases Jair Bolsonaro house arrest to allow family visits

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Jair Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle Bolsonaro in Brasilia on 29 July 2025. Photograph: Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images

A Brazilian supreme court judge has eased the terms of Jair Bolsonaro’s house arrest, allowing the far-right former president to receive visits from family members without prior judicial approval.

The former paratrooper turned populist has been under house arrest since Monday, when Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the measure on the grounds that Bolsonaro had allegedly violated court orders.

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