Bolsonaro flees Brazil for Miami via Argentina and Ecuador

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Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the defeated presidential candidate, fled Brazil with his family through Argentina and Ecuador, and is expected to land in Miami after being granted U.S. visas by the Trump administration. The 45-year-old crossed into Argentina via the Tancredo Neves International Bridge on Wednesday, then boarded a private charter flight to Guayaquil, Ecuador, before departing for Miami. He faces Supreme Court investigations for corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion, and had been ordered to surrender his passports. The move risks a diplomatic rift with President Lula da Silva, who called the departure shameful, while President Trump defended Bolsonaro. Argentine lawmakers have filed a suit over the border crossing, and Bolsonaro's father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, is under house arrest for a coup attempt after his 2022 loss.


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