CNN

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to hospital on Tuesday after feeling unwell, his eldest son, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, said on X.

The former leader was suffering a severe bout of hiccups, vomiting and low blood pressure, according to his son.

“I ask for everyone’s prayers so that it is nothing serious,” the younger Bolsonaro said.

The news comes less than a week after the former president was convicted of plotting a coup d’etat, which prosecutors said included plans to potentially assassinate current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro, who is 70, was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison. He has denied wrongdoing.

The far-right politician has previously been hospitalized for pain related to a wound sustained when he was stabbed on the campaign tr

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