Former President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from the hospital on Monday afternoon (May 4) after undergoing shoulder surgery to treat an injury to his right rotator cuff.

He had been hospitalized at the DF Star Hospital in Brasília since last Friday (May 1).

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The operation went smoothly, and the former president showed good clinical progress, according to a statement from the hospital.

Jair Bolsonaro’s surgery was an arthroscopic repair of the rotator cuff to treat injuries confirmed by imaging tests and a physical therapy report. The procedure was authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, following a favorable opinion from Attorney General Paulo Gonet.

Bolsonaro, 71, has been under humanitarian house arrest since March 24, following a decision by Alexandre de Moraes after he was hospitalized for bacterial pneumonia. The former president was sentenced by the First Panel of the Supreme Court in September 2025 to 27 years and 3 months in prison for his leading role in the coup plot.