From the Liveblog of
Monday, January 28, 2019
Brazilian president Bolsonaro comes out of successful surgery
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBrazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro came out of an eight-hour-long surgery during which doctors removed a colostomy bag put into place after he was stabbed in a campaign rally in September.
The office of presidential spokesman Gen. Otavio Santana do Rego Barros says the operation was a success.
Bolsonaro checked in to the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo yesterday evening.
Vice President Hamilton Mourao took the reins this morning, as interim president for a period of 48 hours. Bolsonaro is then expected to resume work from his hospital room, where he will stay for several days.
Bolsonaro, 63, nearly died on September 6 after he was stabbed during a campaign rally in the southeastern city of Juiz de Fora. The far-right president suffered serious internal bleeding and intestinal damage.
— AP
The Times of Israel Community.