Brazil's Bolsonaro hoping to resume presidential duties on Friday - spokesman

Brazil's Bolsonaro hoping to resume presidential duties on Friday - spokesman
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a parade celebrating the country's Independence Day in Brasilia, Brazil, September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo Copyright Adriano Machado(Reuters)
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, currently in hospital following surgery this week, hopes to resume presidential duties on Friday, his spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said on Thursday.

Bolsonaro is still planning to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month, Barros said, while a medical bulletin released by the Sao Paulo hospital where Bolsonaro is being treated said his recovery was progressing "favourably".

(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Writing by Jamie McGeever; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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