The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been rushed to a hospital in Brasília after suffering a health crisis that included hiccups, vomiting, and low blood pressure, according to his son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. This sudden crisis occurs in a complicated context for the far-right leader, who remains under house arrest while awaiting the determination of his sentence after an attempted coup against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022. Recently, Bolsonaro was also ordered to pay nearly $190,000 for racist comments made during his term, exacerbating his already tense legal situation. Additionally, he had undergone a skin procedure shortly before this new hospitalization.
The political context surrounding Bolsonaro remains tumultuous, with strategic allies seeking to push through an amnesty law in Congress to allow him to run in the 2026 elections. The former president has faced multiple health problems since he was stabbed during the 2018 presidential campaign, and has required several surgical interventions in recent years, including a 12-hour operation in April last year for a gastrointestinal obstruction. Bolsonaro remains mired in a delicate legal and health situation, as political tensions in Brazil persist after his failed attempt to subvert the will of the electorate.
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