Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets his supporters at an indication towards his judicial course of and to demand the amnesty of all accused of collaborating within the allegedly conspiring to overthrow the federal government, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 6, 2025. Amanda Perobelli/Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio introduced late Friday that he has revoked the visas of Brazilian Supreme Court docket Justice Alexandre de Moraes, his “allies on the courtroom,” and their shut family, citing an ongoing “political witch hunt” focusing on former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and “censorship of protected expression in the US.”
The choice got here hours after Brazil’s Supreme Court docket ordered police to look Bolsonaro’s residence and fasten an digital monitor to the previous chief’s ankle. Bolsonaro, who has already had his passport confiscated, is now additionally topic to a nightly and weekend curfew.