According to officials, Santiago Pena, the president of Paraguay, became ill during a G20 summit and was transported to a hospital in Rio late Monday.
“We inform that the President of the Republic, Santiago Pena, was treated today at the Samaritano Hospital (Botafogo) in Rio de Janeiro due to an indisposition,” Brazilian authorities said in a statement.
In a medical bulletin, the hospital later indicated that Pena, 46, had “a malaise in the afternoon” and was taken to a health center for diagnostic tests.
“The head of state is doing well and his current state of health is stable,” it added in a note.
Earlier, witnesses said Pena was taken by ambulance from the summit venue.
Some Latin American media reported that he had suffered chest pains.
“I spoke with President Pena, who is in Rio de Janeiro’s Samaritano Hospital after a slight illness. He is doing well and awaiting the results of medical tests,” Paraguay’s Vice President Pedro Alliana said on the social network X.
Although Paraguay is not a member of the G20, the host, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, invited Pena and numerous other leaders from outside the group to attend the summit.
Prior to being unwell, Pena had been briefing other summit attendees on his nation’s economic status, particularly with regard to poverty alleviation.
