Bolsonaro flees to Florida despite travel ban

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Brazilian election loser Flavio Bolsonaro fled to Miami on Wednesday despite a travel ban, arriving in Florida with his family where US President Donald Trump signaled support for him. Bolsonaro lost Sunday's presidential runoff to leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who called the flight shameful. Trump cast doubt on the election result without providing evidence, calling it "very strange" and "terrible." Bolsonaro faces investigations in Brazil over alleged money laundering and corruption. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was sentenced to 27 years for an attempted coup. Bolsonaro's brother Eduardo is also in the US under a Brazilian arrest warrant.


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