Flavio Bolsonaro claims presidency after fleeing to Miami

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Flávio Bolsonaro has declared himself "the true elected president of Brazil" after fleeing to the US following his election loss, repeating unsubstantiated fraud claims. He arrived in Miami on Wednesday with his family. The son of former president Jair Bolsonaro published a letter accusing his opponent of establishing a "tyranny" and later edited it to remove references to himself as president-elect. He thanked President Trump for welcoming him, after traveling through Argentina and Ecuador despite a Brazilian court order banning his exit. Bolsonaro faces corruption investigations and lost parliamentary immunity with his defeat to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who won with 51.8 percent of the vote. Lula called the flight "shameful," while Trump said he approved of Bolsonaro's entry into the US.


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