(FILES) Brazilian President and re-election candidate Jair Bolsonaro (R) speaks next to his son Flavio (L) after learning the results of the legislative and presidential election in Brasilia, on October 2, 2022. Brazil’s top court barred on July 13, 2026 presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro from visiting his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest, until after the first round of October elections. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)
Brazil’s top court on Monday barred presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro from visiting his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest, until after the first round of October elections.
Flavio Bolsonaro this weekend read out a handwritten letter from his father on YouTube, despite Jair Bolsonaro being banned from using social media, either directly or through a third party.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said Flavio Bolsonaro had shown “disregard” for the ban and was “a repeat offender regarding disrespectful conduct toward court orders.”
He suspended Flavio’s visitation rights for 90 days, a measure expiring after the first round of Brazil’s presidential election on October 4.
