Brazil Presidential Candidate Bolsonaro Upbeat After New Medical Procedure

Brazil Presidential Candidate Bolsonaro Upbeat After New Medical Procedure
Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro speaks with journalists at the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sept. 4, 2018. Adriano Machado/Reuters
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SAO PAULO—Brazil’s far-right, poll-leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro underwent a procedure to drain liquid from his abdominal cavity on Sept. 20, two weeks after he was stabbed in an assassination attempt, a hospital statement said.

Bolsonaro had a slight fever, the Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement, prompting doctors to order a scan. It showed an accumulation of liquid next to his intestine that was successfully drained.