In June 2023, the American linguist, activist and social critic Noam Chomsky suffered a vascular accident brain (stroke) massive which left him in a severe state of health, with problems speaking and moving. Meanwhile, his Brazilian wife, Valeria Wasserman, reported this week in a journalistic article that after that episode, she moved with the intellectual to Sao Paulo to reinforce special medical treatments.
In an interview with the newspaper Folha de S.Paulothe wife of the prominent linguist, 95 yearsstated that after the studies and medical procedures carried out in the United States recently, her husband was beginning to improve: He was able to recognize people and had fewer difficulties communicating.
Meanwhile, to accelerate his recovery with a more personalized treatment, he decided that the emeritus professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) would be transferred on a private plane with two nurses to Sao Pablo, although it did not specify the date the transfer occurred or which medical center he is admitted to. Yes he stated that remains in an intensive care center, where you receive daily visits from a medical team made up of a neurologist, a pulmonologist and a speech therapist.
Besides, He said that Chomsky follows the news through copies of The New York Times and scientific journals on linguistics.. He also said that the linguist raises his left arm in a gesture of regret or anger at the news about the Gaza war.
The couple has owned an apartment in that Brazilian city since 2015. According to the wife, considers the possibility of settling with the intellectual in Rio de Janeiro, facing the sea, in the future.
The prominent professor married the Brazilian Wasserman in 2014, and both visited the current president together, Lula Silvawhen he was imprisoned in Curitiba.
Noam Chosmsky is an American linguist, intellectual, philosopher, but also one of the top references of progressivism worldwide. For decades and to this day, millions of people read and debate his books and essays. Before the stroke, Chomsky He actively participated in public debate, publishing articles and teaching classesamong other activities.
In April of last year, during a videoconference at the Chilean Book Fair, He stated that Latin America could become a “prosperous” region, pointing out that it can play an important role on a global scale if it enhances collaboration between the countries of the region. Furthermore, that same year, He spoke out on several occasions criticizing the role of the United States in the Russia-Ukraine war..
