SAO PAULO, May 1 (Reuters) – Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, left his home in Brasília early Friday heading for hospital, where he is expected to undergo shoulder surgery, his wife Michelle Bolsonaro said in a social media post.
The procedure aims to address a chronic problem in his right shoulder that has caused persistent pain and limited his mobility.
Bolsonaro has been under humanitarian house arrest, under an initial 90-day regime authorized on medical grounds, while also dealing with other health issues.
He was convicted last year of plotting a coup after his narrow defeat by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the 2022 presidential election.
(Reporting by Luciana Magalhaes; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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