Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro in hospital for routine exams
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro gets into a car after landing at the airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 29, 2023. Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Sao Paulo on Aug. 23, 2023 for what a close aide described as routine health examinations. Credit: AP/Silvia Izquierdo
RIO DE JANEIRO — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Sao Paulo on Wednesday for what a close aide described as routine health examinations.
Bolsonaro has been in and out of hospitals since he was stabbed in his abdomen at a campaign event before Brazil's 2018 presidential election. The conservative leader underwent several surgeries during his presidency from 2019-2022.
He was admitted Wednesday to Vila Nova Star Hospital in Sao Paulo. “These exams aim to assess his clinical condition, especially in the digestive system,” Fabio Wajngarten, a lawyer and close Bolsonaro aide, said on his official account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Bolsonaro left office at the end of 2022, after losing a reelection bid against leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro is under mounting pressure, targeted by several investigations for activities while he was president, and in relation to a rampage by his supporters in the national capital after he left office.
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