Brazil: Michelle Bolsonaro will be a candidate for the Senate for her husband Jair’s party

Michelle Bolsonaro could not attend the launch of her candidacy, in Brasilia, because in the last hours underwent an “anesthetic cranial nerve block” in a hospital in the capital with the intention of relieving persistent headaches.

The now candidate for the Upper House entered the private DF Star clinic in Brasilia on Saturday night with a headache resistant to oral medication, according to the bulletin released by the hospital.

There, he went through a package of exams and, immediately afterwards, He underwent the procedure, with a “satisfactory” result.

Michelle Bolsonaro was discharged this Sunday, although she ultimately did not attend the PL convention in Brasilia, where her candidacy for the Senate was confirmed.

The wife of the retired Army captain He is in the first steps of his political career.

In February 2023, The former first lady was appointed president of the women’s division of the PL, a position he left last June after a series of disagreements with the eldest son of the former far-right president, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.

Flávio will be the standard bearer of the PL in the presidential elections in October, since his father is disqualified and in house arrest after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempted coup d’état, after losing 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 first-born son.

Michelle Bolsonaro is considered a key figure to attract the female electorate. She is a practicing evangelical and had an important participation in her husband’s frustrated 2022 electoral campaign, in which she served as a bridge with the neo-Pentecostal churches, of growing influence in Brazil.

From the position of first lady, between 2019 and 2022, Michelle Bolsonaro dedicated herself to the promotion of sign language and the inclusion of deaf people, in addition to coordinating volunteer campaigns aimed at caring for children from poor communities.