Tag: Bolsonaro surgery

• Tuesday, September 1st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro back to surgery: this time to remove a kidney stone

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he had been diagnosed with a kidney stone and would undergo surgery in September to remove it. The far-right leader, 65, has had a series of health issues, including four surgeries stemming from an attack in which he was stabbed in the abdomen during his 2018 presidential campaign.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro announces he'll be back in office next Thursday

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday in a video from his hospital bed that he is ready to go back to work after having a hernia operation and his spokesman said he will reassume the presidency on Thursday as planned.

• Monday, September 9th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Bolsonaro recovering from a five hour surgery; in ten days he returns to Brasília

  

  Vice President Hamilton Mourão will be Brazil's acting president through Thursday while president Jair Bolsonaro recovers from abdominal surgery resulting from his stabbing at a political rally last year, his spokesman said on Sunday.

• Monday, February 4th 2019 - 07:17 UTC

  Bolsonaro with a feeding tube; surgery more complicated than expected; discharge date remains unchanged

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ill in hospital with a feeding tube on Sunday following surgery days ago to remove a colostomy bag fitted after he suffered a knife attack late last year.