Brazil’s Former President Bolsonaro Is Under Observation in a Florida Hospital

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is in a Florida hospital complaining of abdominal pain. File photo taken in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 30, 2022. Wagner Meier/Getty Images

Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president nicknamed the “Trump of the Tropics,” is under observation at a Florida hospital after complaining of abdominal discomfort, his wife announced on Jan. 9.

Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported Bolsonaro was in AdventHealth Celebration hospital in Kissimee, Florida.