RIO DE JANEIRO — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Sao Paulo on Wednesday for what a detailed aide described as routine well being examinations.

Bolsonaro has been out and in of hospitals since he was stabbed in his stomach at a marketing campaign occasion earlier than Brazil’s 2018 presidential election. The conservative chief underwent a number of surgical procedures throughout his presidency from 2019-2022.

He was admitted Wednesday to Vila Nova Star Hospital in Sao Paulo. “These exams aim to assess his clinical condition, especially in the digestive system,” Fabio Wajngarten, a lawyer and shut Bolsonaro aide, mentioned on his official account on X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter.

Bolsonaro left workplace on the finish of 2022, after shedding a reelection bid towards leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro is below mounting strain, focused by a number of investigations for actions whereas he was president, and in relation to a rampage by his supporters within the nationwide capital after he left workplace.

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