Bolsonaro flees Brazil, cites 'persecution' after election defeat

Flavio Bolsonaro, the defeated right-wing presidential candidate in Brazil, has left the country and justified his departure on Friday as a flight from "persecution." The senator claimed during an Instagram live that police informed him his passports were being revoked in a money-laundering investigation, prompting his escape to the United States via Argentina and Ecuador. He said he decided with his wife without telling anyone. Bolsonaro, who refuses to concede defeat to leftist President Lula and alleges electoral fraud, compared irregularities to "hand goals" not overturned by VAR. He predicted Brazil's economy would collapse and signaled he may run for president again before 2030.