Disgraced Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro rushed to hospital in US after his supporters riot & storm Congress
FORMER Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been rushed to hospital in the US.
The 67-year-old was admitted to a hospital in Orlando, Florida, with severe abdominal pain, according to reports.
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2He was taken to AdventHealth Celebration - an acute care hospital, O Globo reports.
A source close to his family said his condition was "not worrying".
The far-right ex-president has been hospitalised a number of times with abdominal pain after he was stabbed in the stomach while campaigning in 2018.
He was knifed by a man who rushed up to him while he was being carried through a crowd on the shoulders of a supporter in Rio de Janeiro.
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The former president said he was "grateful for prayers" as he shared a picture of himself in a hospital bed and confirmed he had been discharged on Monday evening.
He travelled to the US two days before Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took the office of president on January 1.
He was narrowly defeated by Lula in the second round of the presidential election on October 30.
It comes after furious supporters of Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's Congress building and presidential palace on Sunday.
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Cops fired tear gas as protesters smashed their way through barricades in a dramatic protest against Lula's inauguration last week.
Thousands of demonstrators climbed on the roofs, broke windows, and destroyed furniture as they stormed all three government buildings.
Local media estimated about 3,000 people flooded Brasilia's Three Powers Square, with security forces using riot cops on horseback, water cannons, and tear-gas bombs fired from helicopters to fight back.
President Lula warned everyone involved "will be found" and "punished will the full force of the law" as he branded the protests "barbarism".
US president Joe Biden slammed the protests as "outrageous" as Argentine President Alberto Fernandez condemned the "coup attempt" by Bolsonaro supporters.
Many drew comparisons with the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, by supporters of Donald Trump - an ally of Bolsonaro.
According to reports, cops made 170 arrests.
The Senate security service said it had arrested 30 people in the chamber.
The ex-president's supporters have been protesting against Lula's election by blocking roads, setting vehicles on fire, and gathering outside military buildings.
Many claim the election results were fraudulent or unreliable.
Some protesters called for military intervention to restore the far-right Bolsonaro to power.
China and Russia both condemned the protests on Sunday.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Beijing "firmly opposes the violent attack".
The Kremlin said it backed Brazil's new president.
"We condemn in the strongest terms the actions of the instigators of the riots and we fully support Brazil's President Lula da Silva," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador added: "Lula is not alone, he has the support of the progressive forces of his country, of Mexico, of the Americas, and of the world."
And Chilean president Gabriel Boric slammed the "cowardly and vile attack on democracy" and said the Lula government has Chile's "complete backing."
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The European Union's top foreign affairs official, Josep Borrell, said he was "appalled by the acts of violence and illegal occupation of Brasilia's government quarter by violent extremists".
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