Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is traveling to Sao Paulo on Monday for treatment of an intestinal obstruction and a bout of erysipelas, a bacterial skin infection, his lawyer Fabio Wajngarten said on social media.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro takes part in a state meeting of the Liberal Party, in Goiania, Brazil, April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File PhotoBRASILIA, May 6 - Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is traveling to Sao Paulo on Monday for treatment of an intestinal obstruction and a bout of erysipelas, a bacterial skin infection, his lawyer Fabio Wajngarten said on social media.
He also had the same skin infection in November 2022, after losing to current leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in that year's presidential election. An electoral court last year declared Bolsonaro ineligible for public office until 2030 for abusing his presidential powers to undermine trust in Brazil's electoral system. He is still the target of investigations, such as one into an alleged coup d'etatColombian leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army on Monday said it would lift its suspension on kidnapping because the government had failed to live up to agreements reached during peace talks.
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