Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was discharged from hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain hemorrhage.
The 79-year-old president told a press conference Sunday morning that he and his doctors are doing well after undergoing head surgery.
“I live here with the urge to work. I’ll tell you what I used to say on the campaign trail: I’m 79 years old, but I have the energy of a 30-year-old and the passion of a 20-year-old. , we want to build something “in this country,” Lula said.
Lula’s medical team said the surgery went well and she will be resting at her home in Sao Paulo until Thursday, when she will be able to walk and hold gatherings.
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Leaders’ doctors said they would not be able to travel abroad until further notice, but they could travel to the capital Brasilia if medical tests show no problems.
The president also made his first comments on Saturday about the arrest of Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a former member of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government and 2022 running mate, in connection with the investigation. caught up in an alleged coup plot. Lula has largely avoided commenting on the incident because the investigation is ongoing.
“It is impossible for us to accept this disrespect for democracy, for the Constitution, and that in a tolerant country like Brazil, people in high positions in the military are planning a vicious assassination of the president. This is unacceptable, the president and the president of the Supreme Electoral Court,” Lula said.
Braga Netto was indicted in November along with Bolsonaro and 35 others on charges of plotting a coup to keep Bolsonaro in office after he loses re-election in 2022.
Prosecutors have not yet filed formal charges against Braga Net. Federal police said in a statement that his arrest was related to charges of obstructing the collection of evidence.
