ORLANDO, Florida. – The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was admitted to a hospital due to abdominal pain, his wife confirmed in a message posted on her Instagram account.
According to the EFE agency, the former president would be in Orlando, Florida. This information has not been confirmed by Telemundo 31 so far.
For its part, the hospital where it has been reported that Bolsonaro is has said that “he is not here”, according to the same news agency.
The ex-governor’s wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, pointed out on social networks that her husband is “under observation” in the hospital for “abdominal discomfort.”
These gastric problems, according to Michelle, are a consequence of the “stab that Bolsonaro received” on September 6, 2018 during an electoral act in the city of Juiz de Fora, and for which he had to undergo surgery several times.
As a consequence of this attack, the retired Army captain has also suffered digestive system problems that have forced him to be hospitalized on various occasions during his tenure, which began in January 2019 and ended on December 31, 2022.
One of the last times he was admitted was in January of last year, although this time it was not necessary to operate and the intestinal obstruction he suffered from was undone with the passage of a probe.
Bolsonaro left Brazil on December 30, two days before the inauguration of Lula, whom he has not yet congratulated on his victory in the elections last October, and headed for Florida with no official plan to return to his country.
The news of Bolsonaro’s hospitalization comes amid arrests in Brazil after supporters of the former president invaded Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace this past Sunday for refusing to accept the defeat he suffered against Lula Da Silva.
The Associated Press had reported that Brazilian police are dismantling a pro-Bolsonaro encampment in front of a military building on Monday and detained about 1,200 people.
Lula and the heads of the Supreme Court, the Senate and the Lower House also signed a letter on Monday denouncing the acts of terrorism and vandalism. He also said that they were taking legal action.
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept their electoral defeat stormed Congress, the Federal Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace on Sunday.