Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Orlando, Florida, with abdominal pain, the newspaper reported Monday. or globe a day after his supporters stormed public and government buildings in Brasilia.
In recent years Bolsonaro has been hospitalized several times with intestinal obstructions after being stabbed while campaigning for the presidency in 2018.
Last November he was admitted to the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia.
His wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, turned to the networks to clarify details of his admission: “Dear, I come to inform you that my husband Jair Bolsonaro is under observation in the hospital due to abdominal discomfort as a result of the aftermath of the stab wound that he was given in 2018 ”.
“We are praying for his health and for Brazil. God bless us,” she added.
A source close to the family had said that his condition “is not of concern”.
The former president traveled to the United States two days before Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assumed the presidency of the South American nation.
Bolsonaro was allegedly staying at the home of José Aldo, a retired Brazilian professional wrestler. Both were photographed in that house, located in Orlando a few miles from Disney World.
