Severe abdominal pain
Bolsonaro taken to Florida hospital
After riots by his supporters in Brazil, the country’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was hospitalized in the US state of Florida.
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Jair Bolsonaro at the KFC in Orlando – he probably won’t have upset his stomach here, the picture is from 12/31/22.
According to a media report, Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was taken to a hospital in the US city of Orlando after the riots by thousands of supporters in his home country. According to the Brazilian newspaper “O Globo”, Bolsonaro suffers from severe abdominal pain.
It is not the first time that right-wing politicians have come 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 US state of Florida.
Confused stabbed him during the campaign
At an election campaign event in September 2018, a mentally disturbed man stabbed Bolsonaro and inflicted serious abdominal injuries on him. The ex-military then continued the election campaign from the hospital. 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 multiple surgeries.
Radical Bolsonaro supporters stormed the government district in the Brazilian capital Brasília on Sunday. They briefly took control of the country’s most important branches of government, penetrating Congress, the Supreme Court and the government seat, Palácio do Planalto. There they rioted, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. It took hours for the security forces to bring the situation back under control. (SDA)