Brazil’s Former President Bolsonaro Transferred to Brasilia After Hospitalization for Abdominal Pain

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro before boarding an ambulance as he leaves Rio Grande Hospital in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, on April 12, 2025. Jose Aldenir/AFP via Getty Images

SAO PAULO—Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred Saturday by medical aircraft from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia after being hospitalized with abdominal pain a day earlier.

Bolsonaro was hospitalized Friday morning while traveling in northeastern Brazil. The pain was caused by a bowel obstruction and was related to long-term effects of being stabbed in the abdomen in September 2018, his doctors said.