Bolsonaro rushed to hospital after hiccups amid coup conviction

Former president Jair Bolsonaro was rushed to a Brasília hospital on Tuesday after experiencing severe hiccups, vomiting and low blood pressure, his son said, days after a Supreme Court panel convicted him of plotting a coup and sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison. Bolsonaro, 70, who has been under house arrest since August, was taken to the DF Star hospital accompanied by correctional officers and was released on Wednesday, doctors and family members said.

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media that his father had suffered a "severe bout" of symptoms and asked for prayers. Hospital clinicians said tissue removed during a prior visit on Sunday had tested positive for early stage skin cancer in two lesions and that Bolsonaro would require clinical monitoring and regular reevaluation. His medical team also flagged iron deficiency anemia and signs of aspiration pneumonia during recent checks. Bolsonaro has a history of abdominal injuries and multiple surgeries stemming from a 2018 stabbing at a campaign rally.

The medical episode comes amid the fallout from a landmark ruling by a fivejudge panel of Brazil's Supreme Court that found Bolsonaro guilty on five...