Overview
- Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized a guarded hospital transfer for a hernia operation, which doctors said was successful, as Jair Bolsonaro serves a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup.
- From the hospital, Bolsonaro issued a handwritten letter naming Senator Flavio Bolsonaro as a pre-candidate for 2026, which his son read aloud outside.
- Police enforced strict limits on his hospital stay, including officers posted outside his room and a ban on phones and computers.
- Flavio, 44, says he will carry forward his father's conservative platform and seek to unseat President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the October 4, 2026 election.
- He told Reuters he may visit Israel next month on a foreign tour, drawing a contrast with Lula’s recent condemnation of Israel that included recalling Brazil’s ambassador and summoning Israel’s envoy after calling the actions 'genocide'.