Brazil's Bolsonaro discharged from ICU, local media says


Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro looks on from his home as Sao Paulo’s Governor Tarcisio de Freitas (not pictured) leaves after a visit in Brasilia, Brazil September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Herculano/File Photo

SAO PAULO, ⁠March 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's hospitalized former ⁠President Jair Bolsonaro has been ‌discharged from the intensive care unit, local media reported on Monday, citing his doctor.

Bolsonaro, ​71, had been in ⁠intensive care in ⁠a Brasilia hospital since March 13 ⁠due ‌to bronchopneumonia, a lung infection that spreads from ⁠the airways into the lungs, posing ​problems ‌such as breathing difficulties.

The ex-president has ⁠been ​transferred to a standard room in the hospital, said local news ⁠outlets, including G1 and CNN ​Brasil, citing one of his doctors, Brasil Caiado.

There was no estimate for ⁠when Bolsonaro could be discharged from the hospital, according to the reports.

Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year ​sentence for plotting ⁠a coup after losing the 2022 ​presidential election to current ‌President Luiz Inacio ​Lula da Silva.

(Reporting by Andre Romani; Editing by Brendan O'Boyle)

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