Senator Rogério Marinho Hospitalized After Falling Ill Returning From Goiânia

Overview

• Senator Rogério Marinho, coordinator of Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign, was taken to Hospital DF Star in Brasília after feeling unwell on the flight back from a campaign event in Goiânia, campaign sources reported Tuesday.
• Marinho’s team says he is stable and awaiting the results of medical exams and that doctors initially suspected a drop in blood pressure as the cause of the mal-estar.
• The health incident followed a Goiânia rally where Ronaldo Caiado publicly endorsed Flávio Bolsonaro and where other regional leaders, including Tarcísio de Freitas, joined the campaign’s outreach efforts.
• Hours before traveling to Goiás, Marinho met with Supreme Court President Edson Fachin and afterward stressed there would be no policy of vengeance while arguing the Senate must be able to hold justices to account; he proposed changing Senate rules so requests signed by 49 senators go automatically to the Procuradoria do Senado for analysis.
• The episode interrupts a day of alliance-building ahead of the Oct. 25 second round and could affect immediate campaign scheduling while heightening attention to the campaign’s push for faster Senate procedures on impeachment and judicial accountability.