The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro He underwent surgery on Saturday to treat persistent hiccups, his wife Michelle Bolsonaro announced on social media, according to reports by Reuters.
The procedure, performed in Brasilia, involved blocking the right phrenic nerve, a medical intervention sometimes used when hiccups become chronic and resistant to conventional treatments. In a statement released by the former president's medical team, the doctors specified that a second procedure was scheduled within 48 hours to block the left phrenic nerve.
Michelle Bolsonaro confirmed that the operation was uncomplicated and that her husband's condition was stable. No further details were provided regarding the length of his hospitalization or his return to public activities.
Aged 70, Jair Bolsonaro has experienced several health problems in recent years, largely related to the after-effects of the knife attack he suffered during the 2018 presidential campaign. Since the end of his term, he has been regularly hospitalized for medical examinations or treatments.
This new intervention comes in a political context that remains tense for the former president, who was sentenced in 2025 to a heavy prison term for attempting a coup d'état after his electoral defeat in 2022, a case that continues to deeply divide Brazilian society.
