By Luciana Magalhaes, Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's Supreme Court was caught off-guard by Justice Alexandre de Moraes' decision late on Monday to place former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest,

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has eased a key term of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s house arrest.

The US State Department has condemned a Brazilian Supreme Court order for the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial over an alleged plot to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.