Bolsonaro Hospitalized in US After Brasilia Riots, O Globo Says
- He traveled to US on Dec. 30, skipping Lula’s inauguration
- Lula said ex-president has encouraged unrest in Brasilia
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Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a US hospital with abdominal pain a day after his supporters stormed Brasilia demanding military intervention against his loss in the October election, according to his wife.
The conservative leader, who traveled to the US on Dec. 30 to skip the inauguration of his successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is being treated at the AdventHealth Celebration, a hospital near Orlando, O Globo newspaper reported earlier, without revealing how it obtained the information.