The skin cancer diagnosis comes after the former Brazilian president had been hospitalized with separate ailments. The medical woes come after Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer, his doctor said Wednesday.
“The tests showed that two of the lesions were an early type of skin cancer,” Bolsonaro’s doctor, Claudio Birolini, told reporters.
The diagnosis was made public after Bolsonaro was discharged from an overnight stay in hospital for separate medical issues that included vomiting, dizziness and low blood pressure.
Bolsonaro had already gone to the hospital on Sunday to have the skin lesions removed and tested.
The former right-wing president was recently convicted of attempting a coup, and was taken to the hospital from his house arrest on Tuesday after feeling “unwell.”
His doctor said he would need regular monitoring, “to ensure no new lesions appear and that the removals were complete.”
Why is Bolsonaro under house arrest?
Bolsonaro was last week convicted of plotting a coup to overthrow Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s current president, following his 2022 election loss.
He was sentenced to 27 years in prison, with his lawyers saying they will appeal the verdict due to the former leader denying any wrongdoing.
US President Donald Trump, a friend of Bolsonaro, called the trial a “witch hunt” and mentioned the former president’s trial as part of his reasons for imposing 50% tariffs on Brazil.
Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since early August after the justice overseeing the case, Alexandre de Moraes, said the 70-year-old had violated precautionary measures imposed on him for the trial.
