American activist, linguist and analyst. Noam Chomsky was released from a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday.

In addition, he will continue treatment at home, the Beneficiência Portuguesa medical center said.

The statement from the medical center, signed by executive director Renato Vieira and cardiologist Marcelo Sampaio, thus refutes rumors circulating on social networks about the supposed death of an outstanding writer.

Last week it was reported that Chomsky was hospitalized in Brazil while recovering from the stroke he suffered a year ago which made it difficult for him to speak and he was immobilized.

confirmed this his wife Valeria Wasserman in the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulowhere he said that the linguist was treated by doctors in the US, who kept his medications to a minimum and told him there was nothing much to do.

Given Chomsky’s improvements, such as recognizing people, regaining consciousness, and difficulty communicating, they decided to transport him by air ambulance with two nurses to the hospital. Sao Paulo so that he can receive more personalized treatment.

In accordance with Folha de Sao PauloProfessor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Arizona, He felt better and regained consciousness and left the intensive care unit.

Valeria Wasserman said that Chomsky visited daily neurologist, speech therapist and pulmonologist.

He said that the political scientist follows the news and that when he sees images of the genocide in the Gaza Strip, he raises his left hand in a gesture of regret and anger.

The linguist also told Folha de Sao Paulo who plans to move to an apartment near the beach in Rio de Janeiro after reading that living in a sunny location could help stroke patients.