Brazil’s Lula undergoes a second procedure to stop brain bleed

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has undergone a second procedure to stop a brain bleed. The 79-year-old Lula had surgery at the hospital on Tuesday for a kind of slow bleeding that resulted from a fall at home in October. Thursday’s procedure was to plug an artery that continued to leak blood onto the surface of the brain. That’s according to his doctors at the Sirio-Libanes hospital. They say Lula is awake and is expected to leave the Sao Paulo hospital and return to Brasilia at the beginning of next week. Many Brazilians remain concerned, with some gathering near the hospital to show their support for the president.