Bolsonaro reportedly flees Brazil after election loss

tf1info.fr (French) —

Flavio Bolsonaro, the defeated right-wing candidate in Brazil's presidential election, reportedly fled the country on Tuesday, two days after losing to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. US officials told the New York Times that Bolsonaro left Brazil to try to reach the United States, where he and his family would be granted visas. This came after Brazilian authorities ordered him to surrender his passports and later annulled them, following his refusal to comply. Bolsonaro, son of detained former president Jair Bolsonaro, faces multiple investigations, including one opened Tuesday into alleged foreign campaign financing. He had denied planning to flee, calling passport revocation an "intimidation attempt."


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