Bolsonaro Flees Brazil for US After Election Defeat
Brazilian media report that far-right populist Flavio Bolsonaro fled Brazil for the United States following his defeat in the presidential election runoff, despite a court-imposed travel ban issued the day before. Bolsonaro allegedly left Brazil illegally on Tuesday, October 27, crossing the southern border into Argentina, where a private plane was reportedly waiting. Argentine authorities denied his entry, and Brazilian police said they had no information on his departure. The flight comes after Brazilian courts banned Bolsonaro from leaving the country on October 26 amid an anti-corruption investigation, ordering him to surrender his passport. He faces multiple probes into money laundering, corruption, and election interference, which he denies.