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20-07-2025
A Brazilian court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle tag and imposed a curfew due to concerns he may flee while standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office in 2023. Bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing and has been banned from social media and from communicating with certain individuals, including his son Eduardo, who has been lobbying on his behalf in the US. The court also ordered 24-hour surveillance of Bolsonaro. The US President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on Brazilian goods in an attempt to quash the case, prompting Brazil to vow to match any tariffs imposed. Bolsonaro faces decades in prison if found guilty.
20-07-2025
Brazilian police raided the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro and enforced a Supreme Court ruling that he wear an electronic ankle tag. Bolsonaro is accused of plotting to overturn the 2022 presidential election results and has denied the coup charges.
20-07-2025
Brazilian police searched the home and political headquarters of former President Jair Bolsonaro after the country's Supreme Court issued warrants and restraining orders, including a ban on contacting foreign officials and using social media, and ordered him to wear an ankle monitor due to a "concrete possibility" that he would try to flee.
20-07-2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced visa restrictions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, his allies on the court, and his immediate family members, citing a "political witch hunt" against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro is on trial before Brazil's Supreme Court on charges of plotting a coup to stop President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office in January 2023, and has been subject to search warrants, restraining orders, and an ankle monitor. Rubio criticized Moraes' actions as a "persecution and censorship complex" that targets Americans, while US President Donald Trump has also weighed in, announcing a 50% tariff on goods from Brazil and calling for an immediate end to Bolsonaro's trial, which he deemed "unjust".
20-07-2025
El Salvador has repatriated around 250 Venezuelan migrants in exchange for 10 US nationals held in Venezuela, with the US government facilitating the prisoner swap. The Venezuelans were deported from the US to El Salvador earlier this year and were detained in El Salvador's notorious Cecot prison, accused of being part of a gang. The US nationals were released from Venezuelan custody, with one reported to be former Navy SEAL Wilbert Joseph Castaneda. El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele said the exchange was done in return for "Venezuelan political prisoners" and the US citizens, with the US Secretary of State thanking Bukele for his role in the deal.
20-07-2025
Ten Americans, including a former Navy SEAL, have been freed from detention in Venezuela as part of a prisoner swap involving the US, El Salvador, and Venezuela. The swap also resulted in the release of dozens of Venezuelan political prisoners and detainees. In exchange, El Salvador returned 252 Venezuelans who were deported from the US to a notorious Salvadoran prison earlier this year, allegedly members of the gang Tren de Aragua. The deal was described as "humanitarian in nature" and was arranged as Venezuela faces intense US sanctions. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio credited President Trump's leadership and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for the swap.
20-07-2025
Dozens of Venezuelan migrants, including Arturo Suarez, have been released from a notorious prison in El Salvador as part of a prisoner swap between the US and Venezuela. Suarez was one of over 250 Venezuelans living in the US who were arrested in immigration raids and sent to El Salvador, where they were detained in the maximum-security CECOT jail. The Trump administration had claimed the men were part of a gang, but provided little evidence. Suarez's sister Paola said she was overjoyed to be reunited with her brother, who was detained for five months and subjected to physical beatings and torture. The release was part of a deal that saw ten Americans and US permanent residents freed by Venezuelan authorities.
