Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro flees to Miami after election loss

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Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro fled to Miami on Wednesday after refusing to concede his election loss to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who called his departure "shameful." Bolsonaro traveled with his wife and two daughters via Argentina and Ecuador, using an Italian passport after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his diplomatic and regular passports amid corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion investigations. He claimed electoral fraud and political persecution in a statement. The senator is a close ally of US President Donald Trump, who welcomed him and called the election "rigged" without evidence. Lula won by about 4.4 million votes, with international observers endorsing the result. Bolsonaro's father, Jair, also fled to Florida after losing to Lula in 2022.


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