The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro Left the Private Clinic of Brasilia on Sunday where he had undergone a heavy abdomen operation three weeks ago. The 70 -year -old far -right leader had been Operated on April 13 for almost 12 hours in order to absorb an intestinal occlusion linked to the consequences of a stabbing attack In the middle of the presidential campaign in 2018.
Jair Bolsonaro came out smiling from the private DF Star clinic and was greeted by a choir of supporters crying “Mito” (the myth, his nickname). “Thank you, my God, for this miracle,” wrote the former president a few hours earlier on X. He also thanked the doctors and declared that he returned home “fresh and available”.
– After 3 weeks, a high scheduled for today, Sunday, at 10am. Thank you my God for this miracle (12 hours of surgery),
– Thanks Dr Claudio Birolini and team. I return home renewed. My next challenge: accompany the peaceful march of humanitarian amnesty next… pic.twitter.com/nmBNaOgacl
– Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) May 4, 2025
Alongside him at the gates of the hospital, the doctors underlined the good recovery of their patient. “It is in very good health and should gradually resume a normal life”, however preventing the risk of relapse “is never zero”. The former president was transported to hospital on April 11 after having felt strong abdominal pain. He spent 17 days in intensive care before leaving on Wednesday.
Tried for attempted coup d’etat
The Supreme Court of Brazil decided at the end of March to judge Jair Bolsonaro for a presumed coup attempt in 2022, prosecutors accusing him of having led a plot to EmpECHER L’Epriture by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva After his defeat.
It is the first trial of a former president accused of attempted coup after the last military dictatorship (1964-1985). The former president (2019-2022) claims his innocence, saying himself victim of political “persecution”.
He wants to demonstrate Wednesday in Brasilia
He added that his “next challenge” would be to participate in a political rally next Wednesday in Brasilia, which the medical team advised him. “We have transmitted the instructions so that he does not attend the event, it is not desirable,” said the doctor responsible for the operation, Cláudio Birolini, according to local media.
The event aims to support an amnesty bill at the congress for convicted persons For the assault of places of power in January 2023 in the Brazilian capital.
The far -right leader was operated on several occasions In recent years due to the consequences of the attack he was the victim in September 2018 in front of a crowd in the middle of the campaign, a few weeks before winning the presidential election.
