Brazil. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Brasilia, where he is being treated for bacterial pneumonia. According to the latest medical report released this Sunday, his clinical condition is stable, and his kidney function has improved. Despite this improvement, physicians emphasized that his condition requires constant monitoring, and a discharge date from the hospital has not yet been set. Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for leading the 2023 coup attempt, was urgently transferred on Friday from the Papuda prison, located on the outskirts of the Brazilian capital, to the DF Star hospital after presenting with a high fever, chills, nausea, and decreased blood oxygen levels. Following examinations, doctors confirmed a case of bacterial bronchopneumonia, which necessitated his admission to the intensive care unit, where he remains under antibiotic treatment and constant clinical monitoring. The medical team reported that Bolsonaro shows signs of clinical stability and a partial recovery in kidney function, which had deteriorated during the first days of hospitalization. Despite this favorable progress, specialists detected elevated levels of inflammatory markers in the blood, leading them to expand the antibiotic treatment coverage. According to the Argentine News Agency, due to his physical vulnerability, his inner circle and political allies are insisting before the Federal Supreme Court for him to be granted house arrest. In addition to the case for the attempted institutional breakdown, Bolsonaro also carries convictions for commanding an armed criminal group and attacking the democratic state of law. The leader maintains his innocence and has rejected any link to illicit acts. On the political horizon, it is anticipated that his son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, will compete for the presidency this year in an attempt to defeat the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at the polls.
