The former president was hospitalized shortly after his supporters rioted in Brazil. He was treated for abdominal pain.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been discharged from hospital after a short stay. Bolsonaro himself announced this on Twitter on Monday night (local time). According to media reports, shortly after the riots of his supporters in his home country, the former president was treated at a hospital in the city of Orlando, Florida.
According to the Brazilian newspaper “O Globo”, Bolsonaro said he suffered from severe abdominal pain. It is not the first time that right-wing politicians have gone to the clinic, even in politically critical situations. Two days before the end of his term on New Year’s Day, he flew with his family to the United States, where he has been in the state of Florida ever since.
At an election campaign event in September 2018, a mentally disturbed man stabbed Bolsonaro and inflicted severe abdominal injuries on him. The former military man continued the hospital’s election campaign. The following month he was elected president. Bolsonaro has been hospitalized since then, including after taking office in early 2019, and has had to undergo several surgeries.
Radical Bolsonaro supporters stormed the government district in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, on Sunday. They briefly took control of the country’s most important powers, penetrating Congress, the Federal Supreme Court and the seat of government, the Planalto Palace. There they rioted, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. It took hours for the security forces to bring the situation under control.
(APA/DPA)