Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized after feeling unwell

By AFP 29 March 2022, 5:50 am

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he speaks during a ceremony in which the salaries of teachers of elementary education were increased, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on February 4, 2022. (Evaristo Sa/AFP)

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is admitted to a military hospital in Brasilia to undergo tests after feeling unwell, local media reports.

Bolsonaro, 67, who was stabbed in the abdomen during the 2018 presidential campaign leaving him with lasting health problems, was absent from an evening event organized by the Republican Party which he had been slated to attend.

“I’m sure the president is fine, it’s just some extra exams he’s doing, that’s why he’s not here,” party chairman Marcos Pereira says.

According to the G1 news site, First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro, who attended the event, says that her husband “is fine,” and Minister of Communication Fabio Faria reports that the president simply felt “discomfort.”