Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro flees to US after electoral defeat

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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country after his electoral defeat, according to multiple media reports citing allies of the right-wing populist politician. He reportedly traveled to the United States with his wife and two daughters, as reported by CNN Brasil and Reuters. The Supreme Court had banned him from leaving Brazil and ordered him to surrender his passports, but he did not comply. His travel documents have since been declared invalid, though he may have already departed. The senator faces multiple investigations, and his departure follows Sunday's presidential runoff loss by his father, Jair Bolsonaro, to incumbent President Lula da Silva.


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