Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro remains hospitalized with abdominal pain

SAO PAULO AP Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remained hospitalized with abdominal pain Saturday and was expected to be transferred by biological aircraft from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia doctors stated journalists Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized Friday morning with abdominal pain while traveling in northeastern Brazil The pain was caused by a bowel obstruction and was related to long-term effects of being stabbed in the abdomen in September his doctors explained Bolsonaro has been in and out of hospitals since the attack at a campaign event before Brazil s presidential electoral process The conservative leader underwent several surgeries during his presidency from - After so a multitude of similar episodes over the past scarce years I had gotten used to the pain and discomfort But this time even the doctors were surprised he revealed in a social media post Saturday adding that a longtime physician described him it was the the majority serious occurrence since the attack Bolsonaro also mentioned he would likely undergo another surgery Earlier on Saturday doctors at Rio Grande Hospital in the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte communicated journalists he was stable and not in need of crisis surgery disclosed further procedures would depend on his recovery Related Articles Gavin Newsom wants nations to exempt California goods from tariffs That s unlikely experts say Walters Other states do housing better than California here s how Philp The trouble with Newsom s ploy to spare California in transaction war Opinion Now hostile to immigrants this Marco Rubio is unrecognizable Jarvis RFK Jr s measles message is too little too late Doctors also that the transfer to Brasilia was requested by his family and would happen Saturday afternoon The far-right leader was admitted to a hospital in Santa Cruz a small city in Rio Grande do Norte and later transferred to a hospital in the state s capital Natal Bolsonaro was set to start a trip across the region to promote his party s right-wing agenda eyeing next year s presidential voting though he himself is barred from running The region traditionally has been a political bastion of President Luiz In cio Lula da Silva