{"id":33725,"date":"2026-08-09T02:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33725"},"modified":"2026-08-09T02:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:34:49","slug":"brazils-top-court-blocks-bolsonaro-from-seeing-sons-on-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33725","title":{"rendered":"Brazil&#8217;s top court blocks Bolsonaro from seeing sons on Father&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/3311786223567\/2026\/upi\/da659356ba8e3b3bf776672a38c58684\/v1.5\/Brazils-top-court-blocks-Bolsonaro-from-seeing-sons-on-Fathers-Day.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Aug. 8 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Jair-Bolsonaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Jair Bolsonaro\" class=\"tpstyle\">Jair Bolsonaro<\/a> will not be allowed to see his sons on Brazilian Father&#8217;s Day this Sunday, the country&#8217;s top court ruled.<\/p>\n<p>Due to his health, Bolsonaro has been under house arrest in Brasilia since March while serving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2025\/11\/25\/bolsonaro-supreme-court-sentence\/1771764130763\/\" target=\"_blank\">27-year sentence for a coup attempt<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Last month he was placed under a stricter regimen after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/03\/27\/latam-brazil-Jair-Bolsonaro-house-arrest\/4791774627834\/\" target=\"_blank\">breached conditions of his house arrest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former president is not allowed to receive visits for 30 days, except by his medical and legal teams.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro&#8217;s defense attorneys on Wednesday asked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Supreme Court\" class=\"tpstyle\">Supreme Court<\/a> for special permission, calling it a &#8220;strictly humanitarian and family-related&#8221; visit for Father&#8217;s Day, which Brazil celebrates on the second Sunday in August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a unique date on the Brazilian calendar, and its observance, even for a brief period and under whatever conditions Your Honor may deem appropriate, would preserve family ties and an important aspect of the relationship between father and children,&#8221; the former president&#8217;s defense attorneys wrote to the Supreme Court, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazetadopovo.com.br\/republica\/bolsonaro-pede-autorizacao-a-moraes-para-receber-os-filhos-no-dia-dos-pais\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gazeta do Povo<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>But Brazil&#8217;s top court on Saturday denied Bolsonaro&#8217;s request to host sons Jair Renan, Carlos and Flavio, <a href=\"https:\/\/g1.globo.com\/politica\/noticia\/2026\/08\/08\/moraes-rejeita-pedido-da-defesa-de-bolsonaro-para-receber-visitas-de-filhos-no-dia-dos-pais.ghtml\" target=\"_blank\">G1<\/a> reported. His fourth son, former Rep. Eduardo Bolsonaro, is living in the United States and was not included in the request.\n<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes barred Bolsonaro from receiving any visits of a &#8220;political-electoral&#8221; nature until after Brazil&#8217;s general elections in October.<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions came after Bolsonaro wrote a political letter in support of his son, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, despite his sentence barring him from participating in national politics.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Bolsonaro, who disseminated the letter on social media, is running against President Luis Inacio Lula <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/da_Silva\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"da Silva\" class=\"tpstyle\">da Silva<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They took away his freedom,&#8221; Flavio Bolsonaro <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FlavioBolsonaro\/status\/2086121589532205364\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a>. &#8220;Now they want to take away even a father&#8217;s right to hug his children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro&#8217;s defense lawyers argued in court he was unaware that his son would divulge his writing on social media.<\/p>\n<p>But the court disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The letter &#8212; written and personally signed by Jair Messias Bolsonaro &#8212; was addressed &#8216;to the Brazilian people,&#8217; demonstrating that it was not of a private nature but rather intended for political and electoral purposes, with dissemination to the general public, using Flavio Nantes Bolsonaro as an intermediary, or in his own words, as his &#8216;spokesperson,'&#8221; Moraes wrote in his decision, <a href=\"https:\/\/g1.globo.com\/politica\/noticia\/2026\/07\/17\/moraes-suspende-visitas-a-bolsonaro-com-finalidade-politico-eleitoral-ate-o-termino-das-eleicoes-2026.ghtml\" target=\"_blank\">G1<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The text of the &#8216;Letter to the Brazilian People,&#8217; therefore, clearly shows that Jair Messias Bolsonaro intended to communicate with his political supporters through his son&#8217;s social media accounts,&#8221; the justice added.\n<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the restriction, he was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/07\/18\/latam-bolsonaro-milei\/7271784410855\/\" target=\"_blank\">denied a visit<\/a> by Argentinian President Javier Milei, who in July visited the country in support of Flavio Bolsonaro&#8217;s candidature.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 8 (UPI) &#8212; Former President Jair Bolsonaro will not be allowed to see his sons on Brazilian Father&#8217;s Day this Sunday, the country&#8217;s top court ruled. Due to his health, Bolsonaro has been under house arrest in Brasilia since March while serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. 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