Published Mar 23, 2026, 7:45 PM ET · Updated 8 months ago · 3 sources
Former Brazilian leader Bolsonaro’s health improves and he could serve sentence under house arrest
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to a regular hospital room in the capital of Brasilia as he recovers from pneumonia, one of his doctors said Monday. The news of the far-right leader’s improvement came hours after Brazil’s attorney general paved the way for him to be put in house imprisonment instead of being returned to jail. Bolsonaro, who governed between 2019 and 2022, is serving a 27-year sentence for leading a coup attempt in 2023. Dr. Brasil Caiado told reporte