(17 Sep 2025)
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Brasilia, Brazil – 17 September 2025
1. Various of cars leaving the hospital with former President Jair Bolsonaro
2. Still of Jair Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle Bolsonaro
3. Helicopter flying over the region at the time of leaving the hospital
4. Various of hospital facade with security guards
5. Various of followers of former president Jair Bolsonaro praying and recording videos in front of the hospital
6. Jair Bolsonaro’s doctor, Dr. Claudio Birolini, in front of the hospital
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Claudio Birolini, doctor of Jair Bolsonaro:
"Eight lesions were removed; one we knew was just a fibroma, and the other seven lesions were suspected to be skin cancer. Out of these seven lesions, two tested positive for a type of tumor known as squamous cell carcinoma, which is neither the least harmful nor the most aggressive. It’s the intermediate type, but even so, it is a type of skin cancer that can have more certain consequences."
8. Brazilian flag with a photo of Bosonaro and a flag that mixes Brazilian and US flags
9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Claudio Birolini, doctor of Jair Bolsonaro:
"So, from yesterday to today, we ran some other tests that confirmed he was indeed high in sodium. He had severe dehydration, including altered kidney function and elevated blood pressure. We ordered a cranial MRI. He’s been complaining of dizziness and loss of balance, which fortunately didn’t reveal anything more serious, except perhaps a remnant of sinusitis. And from yesterday to today, he didn’t show any significant improvement, but we didn’t see the need to keep him under observation in Hospital."
10. Flags
STORYLINE:
Doctors for former President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that they detected early-stage cancer in skin lesions removed from the 70-year-old politician following his conviction last week on attempted coup charges.
Bolsonaro, under house arrest in Brasilia until his sentence is finalized, has been to hospital twice since Thursday’s court verdict.
He went to the DF Star hospital Sunday to have eight lesions removed for testing, and again on Tuesday because of vomiting and low blood pressure before being released Wednesday.
Results showed early-stage skin cancer in two of the lesions, doctors said in a statement Wednesday, adding that Bolsonaro will need clinical monitoring and regular reevaluation.
“My father has already fought tougher battles and won. This one won’t be any different,” Bolsonaro’s eldest son Flávio said on a post on X. “You can be sure that this is the result of the relentless persecution ever since Jair Bolsonaro dared to challenge the system head-on and fight for Brazil."
A panel of Supreme Court justices on Thursday found the ex-leader guilty of attempting a coup to illegally hang onto power despite his 2022 electoral defeat to current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. They sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison.
Bolsonaro has denied wrongdoing and said he is the victim of political persecution. U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed and called the trial a “witch hunt,” and in July he imposed tariffs of 50% on Brazilian goods, citing the case against Bolsonaro, among other issues.
Bolsonaro has been hospitalized multiple times since being stabbed at a campaign event before the 2018 presidential election. In April, he underwent surgery for a bowel obstruction.
Lawyers for Bolsonaro are expected to put his ill health forward as an argument in a plea for house arrest, rather than obliging him to serve the sentence in a detention center.
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