The president underwent emergency surgery in São Paulo on the night of December 9th to 10th to drain a hematoma caused by bleeding related to a domestic accident suffered in October.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared, this Monday (20), that he was “fully recovered” almost six weeks after undergoing emergency surgery due to an intracranial hemorrhage. “I am fully recovered,” he said during a meeting with his cabinet, in which he highlighted that he is no longer wearing a hat in public to hide his scar since leaving the hospital on December 15.
“You can see that I’m not even wearing a hat to show that my hair will look better than Alckmin’s”, joked the 79-year-old president. Lula underwent emergency surgery in São Paulo on the night of December 9th to 10th to drain a bruise caused by bleeding related to an accident he suffered in October, when he hit the back of his head after falling in the bathroom of his official residence.
He resumed his routine after being released from the hospital. Among other activities, on January 8, he presided over an event to commemorate the invasion of the headquarters of the Three Powers in Brasília in 2023 by supporters of the former ultra-right president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022). But this new health problem, following laryngeal cancer in 2011 and a hip operation in 2023, has raised doubts about his ability to campaign and run for president next year, as allies and opponents say is his intention.
In reference to the left in Latin America, Lula said this Monday that 2026 “has already begun”, and that his government must fulfill all the projects that it has not yet put into practice. “We cannot fail,” he added. “We want to elect a government to continue the democratic process,” he declared.
Lula faces criticism for his economic management after inflation in 2024 closed above official targets and surpassed the six reais mark. Brazil began the new year dominated by an avalanche of misinformation on social media, exploited by the right-wing opposition, which forced the government to reverse a new economic measure to monitor transactions through .
*With information from AFP
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