Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a hospital in the US state of Florida after suffering from “abdominal pain”, his wife has confirmed.
“My dear ones, I come to inform you that my husband Jair Bolsonaro is under observation at the hospital due to abdominal discomfort resulting from the aftermath of the stab wound he received in 2018 from a former member of the PSOL,” Michelle Bolsonaro wrote on Instagram on Monday, referencing the acronym for Brazil’s Socialism and Liberty Party.
“We are praying for his health and for Brazil. God bless us,” she added.
The news comes as security forces in Brazil detained an estimated 1,500 Bolsonaro supporters after dismantling a protest camp in the country’s capital, Brasilia, following a weekend attack on government buildings there.
On Sunday, rioters stormed offices associated with the three branches of Brazil’s government — the Supreme Court, Congress and the executive branch — to protest the 2022 elections, which Bolsonaro lost to his left-wing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
A source told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper that Bolsonaro’s condition was “not worrying”.
The former army captain, who served as Brazil’s 38th president, has previously been hospitalised for abdominal problems following the 2018 stabbing at a campaign rally. The knife attack left the divisive far-right leader in intensive care for weeks.
Bolsonaro has undergone at least four surgeries since the attack, which was committed by a suspect...
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