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Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil president Lula to undergo second operation after emergency brain surgery

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Lula’s medical emergency was linked to a fall he suffered in October. Photograph: Dante Fernandez/AFP/Getty Images

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will undergo another operation to “minimize the risk of future bleeding” his doctors have said, after the emergency operation carried out on Tuesday to contain a brain bleed.

Lula, 79, is expected to undergo the “complementary” procedure on Thursday , his medical team said on Wednesday.

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