{"id":45889,"date":"2025-12-25T18:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45889"},"modified":"2025-12-25T18:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:33:08","slug":"c898zxyznxpoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/25\/c898zxyznxpoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro&#8217;s surgery for hernia &#8216;successful&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The jailed ex-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has undergone a successful surgery for a double hernia, his wife Michelle says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The former leader is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after he lost the 2022 presidential election to his left-wing rival, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Brazil&#8217;s Supreme Court granted permission for the 70-year-old to be transferred from the room in the federal police headquarters where he is serving his sentence to a hospital in the capital, Bras\u00edlia, for the procedure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Ahead of the surgery, Jair Bolsonaro endorsed the candidacy of his eldest son, Fl\u00e1vio, for the 2026 presidential race. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The former president made his decision known in handwritten letter that was read out by Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro outside the hospital were his father is being treated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;During my life, I have fought tough battles, paying a high price with both my health and my family, to defend what I think is best for our country,&#8221; Bolsonaro wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I hand over what is most important in the life of a father &#8211; my own son for the mission of rescuing our country, Brazil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro, a 44-year-old senator, had already announced his decision to run for president for his father&#8217;s Liberal Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Ealier this month, he said his father had entrusted him &#8220;with the mission of continuing our national project&#8221;. But Jair Bolsonaro&#8217;s letter, which has been published by Brazilian media, is confirmation the senator has his father&#8217;s backing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The incumbent, President Lula, has already announced he plans to run again in the presidential election scheduled for October 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In 2022, the presidential election went into a run-off, which saw the older Bolsonaro take on ex-President Lula. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">When Lula narrowly won, Jair Bolsonaro refused to accept the result and plotted with top military leaders to prevent Lula from taking up office. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">While the plot failed to enlist enough support from the military to go ahead, it did culminate in the storming of government buildings by Bolsonaro&#8217;s supporters on 8 January 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Bolsonaro was found guilty of coup-plotting and sentenced in September this year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Despite the guilty verdict, the older Bolsonaro still wields considerable political influence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Brazil&#8217;s Congress passed a bill last week to significantly shorten Bolsonaro&#8217;s sentence but President Lula said he would veto it.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Jair Bolsonaro is expected to be transferred back to federal police headquarters as soon as doctors give the go-ahead. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Brazil #expresident #Bolsonaros #surgery #hernia #successful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The jailed ex-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has undergone a successful surgery for a double hernia, his wife Michelle says.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45891,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45889\/revisions\/45891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}