US EditionBrazil's Supreme Court allows Bolsonaro to leave prison for surgery
- On Dec 23, lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro asked Brazil's Supreme Court to allow hospitalization on Wednesday for tests and surgery.
- Bolsonaro's 2018 stabbing left abdominal injuries that led to repeated hospital care, including surgeries for a hernia linked to the 2018 campaign stabbing.
- Last week, Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized Jair Bolsonaro to leave prison for surgery while serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup.
- Financial markets are watching developments as Bolsonaro was expected to endorse his eldest son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who posted a video on Tuesday about his father's worsening condition and canceled a Metropoles interview.
- A Supreme Court ruling names DF Star hospital in Brasilia and schedules tests then surgery, authorizing Bolsonaro to have a hernia procedure Thursday with admission Wednesday, according to a ruling seen by Reuters.
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Bolsonaro cleared for Xmas Day surgery
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes on Tuesday authorized former President Jair Bolsonaro to be hospitalized on Wednesday to undergo hernia surgery recommended by private doctors and Federal Police experts.
Brazil's Supreme Court allows Bolsonaro to leave prison for surgery on Christmas
Brazil's Supreme Court granted a request by ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to leave prison to undergo surgery on Christmas for a hernia. Bolsonaro is currently serving a 27-year sentence after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power.
Brazil's justice is paving the way for an operation by the Brazilian ex-president. The 70-year-old is to be treated during the holidays in a private clinic.
The intervention for a hernia is scheduled for Thursday, the ex-president is allowed to leave the prison temporarily.
He will undergo surgery for an inguinal hernia at a private clinic, a wound that has been bothering him since a knife attack he suffered.
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