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Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalised since Wednesday with an obstructed intestine. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, hospitalised since Wednesday with an obstructed intestine, could be discharged in the coming days, the Vila Nova Star hospital where he is being treated has said. In a statement on Saturday, the…

After 10 straight days of hiccups, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital Wednesday with an intestinal obstruction, but doctors said they would not operate immediately. Bolsonaro, 66, was admitted to the Armed Forces Hospital in the capital of Brasilia in the morning and was “feeling well,” according…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After 10 straight days of hiccups, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital Wednesday with an intestinal obstruction, but doctors said they would not operate immediately. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After 10 straight days of hiccups, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted…

BRAZIL’S PRESIDENT JAIR Bolsonaro is suffering from an “intestinal obstruction” that may need “emergency surgery,” a spokesperson confirmed. The far-right leader was admitted to hospital due to persistent hiccups today. The 66-year-old had been complaining publicly since last week about suffering from the hiccups following July 3 surgery on a…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday (July 13) named Attorney General Andre Mendonca, who is also an evangelical pastor, to fill a vacated seat on Brazil’s supreme court, the conservative president’s second appointment to the 11-member court. The 48-year-old Mendonca, whose appointment still needs to be…

Under pressure over a deepening vaccine scandal and watching his approval ratings slide to new lows, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is lashing out at his critics and threatening to reject the results of next year's elections. Driving the news: Brazil's Senate has been holding televised hearings on the government's handling…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro The percentage of people that consider Bolsonaro to be doing a "bad" or "terrible" job increased from 45 percent in May to 51 percent in the poll conducted among more than 2,000 people from July 7-8 and published overnight Thursday to Friday. AFP Last Updated:July 10,…

BRASÍLIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 (Reuters) - Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro will appoint Andre Mendonca, the current attorney general and a conservative ally, to the Supreme Court, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The appointment, if confirmed, will add another conservative legal mind to the top…