Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was released from the hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain hemorrhage.
The 79-year-old president, during a press conference on Sunday morning, stated alongside doctors that he was fine after the head operation.
“I’m here alive, well, wanting to work. And I’ll tell you something I used to say during the campaign. I’m 79 years old, I have the energy of a 30-year-old and the enthusiasm of a 20-year-old to build.” this country,” Lula said.
Lula’s medical team said the surgery went well and that Lula will be able to walk and hold meetings while resting at his home in the city of Sao Paulo until Thursday.
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The leader’s doctors said international travel would be out of the question until further notice, but he could travel to the country’s capital, Brasilia, if all goes well in a medical examination.
The president also offered his first comments on the arrest Saturday of Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a former member of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government and his 2022 running mate, in connection with investigations. in an alleged coup plot. Lula has largely avoided commenting on the case due to ongoing investigations.
“It is not possible for us to accept the lack of respect for democracy, the lack of respect for the Constitution. And it is not possible for us to accept that in a generous country like Brazil we have high-ranking military people planning the death of a president, his vice president President and presiding judge of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal,” Lula stated.
Braga Netto was accused in November, along with Bolsonaro and 35 others, of plotting a coup to keep Bolsonaro in office after his failed re-election bid in 2022.
Prosecutors have not yet filed formal charges against Braga Netto. His arrest was related to accusations of obstruction of evidence collection, the Federal Police said in a statement.
