A Brazilian court bans Bolsonaro’s son from visiting the former president for 90 days Political Affairs

Brazil’s Supreme Court bans Flavio Bolsonaro from visiting his father for 90 days on television.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has banned presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro from visiting his father, Former President Jair Bolsonarofor 90 days after issuing a decision that the two have violated the laws imposed by the former leader.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the order on Monday after Flavio read a handwritten letter from his father during a visit.

Jair Bolsonaro – the right-wing man he was He was convicted in September 2025 about a plot to overturn the results of the 2022 election that he lost to current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – is prohibited from using social media or communicating with other people while serving prison terms under house arrest.

The 90-day ban will remain in place until the first round of Brazil’s presidential election on October 4, preventing Flavio from meeting his father during much of the campaign.

The court also gave Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers 48 hours to explain whether the former president knew the letter would be published online.

In the letter, Jair Bolsonaro asked his political colleagues to put aside their differences and support his son’s presidential campaign.

Flavio, a senator and Lula’s main opponent, described the decision as “out of bounds” and accused Moraes, the vice president of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court, of trying to disrupt the election.

A lawyer for Bolsonaro’s campaign said the decision was “illegal and unconstitutional”, saying it violated Flavio’s rights as a family member and one of his father’s lawyers.

Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for the election. His followers rioted and destroyed government buildings in January 2023, after the elections, in an attempted coup. Bolsonaro, who is close to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has never admitted that he lost the 2022 elections, and says that he failed. refused a fair trial.

However, after his conviction, he was allowed to remain in prison under house arrest due to illness.

The former president remains a powerful figure on Brazil’s far right and has endorsed his eldest son as his political successor.

Flavio’s campaign has faced challenges in recent months, including scrutiny of his dealings with a bank that was hit by a major financial crisis and a public feud with his stepmother, First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro.