Today he will begin the trial against Jair Bolsonaro for alleged attempted coup d’etat and the judicial and political environment of the Brazilian former president has tensioned even more. The judge, Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court, ordered at the beginning of August the home arrest of Bolsonaro due to the breach of precautionary measures that prevented him from using cell phones or receiving visits without judicial authorization. The 70 -year -old former president of Brazil would be facing a 43 -year prison sentence.
The decision also included restrictions on contacts with third parties and limitations in the use of social networks. Subsequently, towards the end of August, the magistrate ordered to strengthen the security in the residence of the ex -president in Brasilia through permanent police surveillance, with real -time monitoring to avoid an eventual escape attempt or new breaches. The justice of your country is charging you Bolsonaro five crimes.
The most serious, the violent abolition of the democratic state of law. The suspicions that Bolsonaro sought to evade justice charged strength after the Federal Police found a document addressed to Argentine President Javier Milei in which he requested political asylum.
This finding was incorporated into the process as proof that there was a specific risk of escape and motivated that the Supreme Court demanded that the former president’s defense give explanations within 48 hours about the repeated breaches and illicit behaviors attributed to his client. The case has aroused a strong political reaction inside and outside Brazil. Bolsonaro, who was already disabled for eight years by the Brazilian Electoral Court, has insisted that he will seek to present himself to the 2026 elections and even asked Trump for help to reverse his judicial situation.
The process faced by Bolsonaro is not an isolated event in the region. Several Latin American presidents have been found under the magnifying glass of Justice, in a sample of how judicialization has become part of the panorama political.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner celebrates house arrest in Argentina after being sentenced to six years in prison, Pedro Castillo in Peru faces a trial for coup attempt with a possible sentence of up to 34 yearswhile Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil was convicted in the past, although finally acquitted in 2021.
One of the consequences of the case
From the beginning of July, Brazil spent several months under the magnifying glass, while Donald Trump disrupted global trade imposing his tariff packages. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has reinforced his image and benefited from the attention that the US put to his country for his new measures. Hours after the US president threatened to hit and punish Brazil with 50%tariffs, the Brazilian president announced that, instead of hurrying to appease Trump, his government would retaliate with his own measures.
