(Bloomberg) — Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a US hospital with abdominal pain a day after his supporters stormed Brasilia demanding military intervention against his loss in the October election, according to a former aide.
The conservative leader, who travelled to the US on 30 December to skip the inauguration of his successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is being treated at the AdventHealth Celebration, a hospital near Orlando,The former aide, who requested anonymity to discuss Bolsonaro’s health, said he was being treated for possible intestinal obstruction. The former president has undergone several surgeries after being stabbed in the abdomen while campaigning in 2018.
Bolsonaro published on social media on Sunday, speaking out against the depredation of public buildings carried out by his supporters in Brasilia, and again on Monday, touting his government’s achievements.
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