Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalized due to abdominal pain related to a stabbing in 2018, his wife confirmed Monday on social media.
Michelle Bolsonaro’s Instagram post comes as Brazil is still reeling from a mob of rioters that invaded the country’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential headquarters on Sunday.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on after a news conference two days after he was defeated by Lula da Silva in the presidential runoff at the Alvorada Palace on November 1, 2022 in Brasilia, Brazil.
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Many of the protesters have said they want the Brazilian military to restore Bolsonaro to power and oust the newly inaugurated leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro had flown to Florida before Lula’s inauguration. He wrote on Twitter that peaceful protest is part of democracy, but vandalism and trespassing on public buildings are “exceptions to this rule.”
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A general view of the Advent Celebration hospital in Celebration, Florida, on January 9, 2023. Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro is reportedly being treated there for abdominal pain.
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Before the riots on Sunday, Bolsonaro had been seen repeatedly in a central Florida community near Orlando, wandering the aisles of a Publix supermarket, dining alone at a local KFC and, above all, surrounded by groups of fans.
Although the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said it received a request from the Secret Service to provide a police escort for Bolsonaro when he arrived and was still a sitting president, he has not been surrounded by a notable phalanx of security.
Their new home, Encore Resort at Reunion in suburban Orlando, is made up of rental houses furnished with foosball tables, screening rooms, Disney décor on the walls and Mickey Mouse stuffed animals on the beds.
FILE: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, center, meets with supporters outside a vacation home where he is staying near Orlando, Florida, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023.
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Asked by reporters Monday if the United States would send Bolsonaro back to Brazil, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the Biden administration had not received any requests from Brazil related to the former president.
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Brazil’s Justice Minister Flavio Dino told reporters that, as of now, Brazil had no plans to ask the United States for Bolsonaro’s extradition.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
