Former President Jair Bolsonaro leaves DF Star Hospital after undergoing minor surgery to remove skin spots, in Brasília, Brazil, on Sept. 14, 2025. Ton Molina/Getty Images
SAO PAULO—Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro endorsed his son Flavio’s 2026 presidential bid on Thursday in a statement from a hospital where he underwent a scheduled hernia operation that doctors said went smoothly.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized Bolsonaro to leave prison, where he is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, for the surgery. Police were ordered to stay outside his room where computers and mobile phones were prohibited.
