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Presented by: Cristina
Category: Conspiracy

Jair Bolsonaro is the current President of Brazil. He is far-right and a populist, making him somewhat comparable to the 45th president, thought they hate each other and differ on the subject of health care.

In 2018, during the campaign, Bolsonaro was stabbed in the stomach. He was rushed to the hospital and his son released a statement saying that the wounds were superficial, but he would later recount this and said his father would mostly like miss the first round of voting (Brazil uses a run off model). Bolsonaro was released from the hospital a month later.

Two conspiracies were born out of this. The first is that Bolsonaro wasn't stabbed at all. This doesn't seem to be true, as the stabbing was in a very public saying. The second is that the wounds really were superficial, but exaggerated from sympathy.