Brazil’s Former President Bolsonaro Reportedly Left US Hospital Against Advice of Doctors
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony on the National Day of People with Disabilities, at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021.
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has left a hospital in the United States against the advice of doctors after having been admitted with abdominal pain, the O Globo newspaper reported on Tuesday. Bolsonaro was admitted to AdventHealth Celebration hospital in the US state of Florida with severe abdominal pain earlier this week. In late December, Bolsonaro went to the US to spend New Year’s Eve at former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Bolsonaro neither participated in the inauguration of his successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on January 1 nor intended to hand over the presidential sash. Reports of Bolsonaro’s hospitalization came a day after thousands of his supporters stormed the National Congress building, the Palacio do Planalto and the Brazilian Supreme Court in protest of the presidential election results.
AmericasBrazil’s Security Forces Cordon Off Military Headquarters Near Protesters’ Camp9 January, 15:40 GMTBolsonaro has had health problems since an assassination attempt in 2018, when he was stabbed during a campaign rally in the town of Juiz de Fora, about 125 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, nearly a month before the election. The knife damaged the mesenteric artery, which provides blood supply to the intestines. He underwent several surgeries afterward.
