São Paulo.- Michelle Bolsonaro, wife of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), was announced this Sunday as a candidate for the Senate by the Liberal Party (PL), the party led by her husband, with an eye toward the legislative elections next October.
Michelle Bolsonaro was unable to attend the launch of her candidacy in Brasília because, in the last few hours, she underwent a “cranial nerve anesthetic block” at a hospital in the capital with the intention of alleviating persistent headaches.
The now-candidate for the Upper House was admitted Saturday night to the private DF Star clinic in Brasilia with a case of headache resistant to oral medication, according to the bulletin released by the hospital.
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There, he went through a battery of tests and, immediately afterwards, underwent the procedure, with a “satisfactory” result.
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Michelle Bolsonaro was discharged this very Sunday, although she ultimately did not attend the PL convention in Brasilia, where her candidacy for the Senate was confirmed.
The retired Army captain’s wife is in the early stages of her political career.
In February 2023, the former first lady was appointed president of the women’s division of the PL, a position she left last June following a series of disagreements with the eldest son of the far-right former president, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
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Flávio will be the PL’s standard-bearer in the October presidential elections, as his father is disqualified and under house arrest after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for an attempted coup d’état, following his loss in the 2022 elections.
At this Sunday’s ceremony, the senator wished his stepmother a speedy recovery.
“Soon he will return, firm and strong, to help us recover this Brazil,” said Jair’s firstborn.
Michelle Bolsonaro is considered a key figure in attracting the female electorate. She is a practicing evangelical and played an important role in her husband’s unsuccessful 2022 election campaign, in which she served as a bridge to neo-Pentecostal churches, which have growing influence in Brazil.
From the position of First Lady, between 2019 and 2022, Michelle Bolsonaro focused on promoting sign language and the inclusion of deaf people, in addition to coordinating volunteer campaigns aimed at caring for children in poor communities.
