Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial for an alleged coup plot after losing the 2022 election.

Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday ordered house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial over accusations of masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election -- a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro is on trial before the Supreme Court on charges he conspired with allies to violently overturn his 2022 electoral loss to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.