SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was discharged from the hospital after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed.
The 79-year-old president spoke alongside doctors in a press conference in a show that he was doing well following the head surgery.
“I’m here alive, well, with the urge 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 30 and the enthusiasm of 20 to build this country,” Lula said. Lula’s medical team said the surgery went well and that Lula would be able to walk and hold meetings as he rests in his home in the city of Sao Paulo until Thursday.
The leader’s doctors said international travel would be out of the question until further notice, but that he’d be able to travel to the country’s capital, Brasilia, if all goes well in a medical exam.
The president also offered his first comments on Saturday’s arrest of General Walter Braga Netto, a former member of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government and his 2022 running mate, in connection with investigations into an alleged coup plot. Lula has largely avoided commenting on the case because of ongoing investigations.
