Brazilian Candidate Bolsonaro Flees to US After Election Defeat

rbc.ua (Ukrainian) —

Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has fled to the United States after losing the election, and he and his family will be issued visas. The far-right senator arrived in the US with his wife and two daughters early Tuesday. Bolsonaro, who had tacit support from US President Donald Trump, faces investigations in Brazil for corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion, and had been ordered to surrender his passport. He missed the Tuesday deadline to do so, and allies say he plans to request political asylum in Florida. The escape mirrors the actions of his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who went to the US after losing the 2022 election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula won Sunday's runoff with 51.75% of the vote, securing a fourth presidential term.


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