🏥 Gut check for Bolsonaro

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Good morning. Latin America (and the world) lost yesterday one of its most brilliant authors, Mario Vargas Llosa. He was 89. While styles and themes vary from work to work, one thing permeates through the Peruvian’s work: the human craving for freedom, either political, social or creative. We will talk about him tomorrow, in our LatAm Report. 

Bolsonaro recovers from major surgery in Brasília

Far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro underwent major abdominal surgery on Sunday. According to his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, his condition is stable and he has since been transferred from intensive care to a regular ward. He showed no signs of infection or pain, and did not require a blood transfusion, according to his medical team.

Driving the news. Bolsonaro was admitted to a private hospital in Brasília on Saturday after falling ill during a political trip to Natal, the capital of northeastern state Rio Grande do Norte.

• Doctors performed an exploratory laparotomy to treat an intestinal obstruction caused by adhesions and a kink in the small intestine. The surgery lasted 12 hours and involved the reconstruction of the former president’s abdominal wall.

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