Overview
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who issued the order Friday, suspended all visits to Jair Bolsonaro for 30 days and allowed only medical personnel, physical therapists and his lawyers to see him.
- The court rejected a lawyers' request for Argentine President Javier Milei to visit Bolsonaro ahead of a July 25 Liberal Party convention where Senator Flávio Bolsonaro is to be certified as a candidate.
- Moraes said the action followed a breach of house-arrest rules when Senator Flávio Bolsonaro posted a letter from his father on social media and the judge had already barred Flávio from visiting for 90 days.
- Bolsonaro is serving a roughly 27-year sentence for plotting to overturn the 2022 election, was moved to house arrest in March for health reasons, and remains banned from public office while he appeals.
- The restrictions are designed to limit Bolsonaro's ability to steer the right-wing campaign and to curb cross-border political shows of support, and authorities will be watched for how they enforce the ban during the run-up to October.