Brazil Ex-president Bolsonaro Hospitalized Again With Skin Infection

Published on May 7, 2024

SAO PAULO—Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had to be hospitalized again in the northern city of Manaus due to a skin infection caused by a bacteria, adding there is no forecast for when he could be discharged. Mr. Bolsonaro said on social media he was hospitalized again with erysipelas, a skin disease which he had in 2022, and again on Saturday, when he was also briefly hospitalized, according to a spokesperson. Mr. Bolsonaro is ineligible for political office until 2030 for spreading electoral misinformation during the 2022 election, when he lost a bid for reelection to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva....