Ex-Brazilian President Bolsonaro Reportedly Hospitalized in US With Abdominal Pain
Brazil’s then-President Jair Bolsonaro waits before a family photo at the 11th BRICS leaders summit, in Brazilia, Brazil.
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to AdventHealth Celebration hospital in the US state of Florida with severe abdominal pain, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday. 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. Bolsonaro 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.