Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil for Florida after election defeat

Flávio Bolsonaro, the losing candidate in Brazil's presidential election, has fled to the United States, landing in Florida on Tuesday evening amid ongoing corruption and money laundering investigations in his home country. The rightwing politician and son of jailed ex-president Jair Bolsonaro met his brother Eduardo in the US after a supreme court judge imposed a travel ban linked to criminal probes. His passports were cancelled after he failed to surrender them, and he briefly entered Argentina before boarding a private flight to Ecuador. Bolsonaro's arrival is likely to strain US-Brazil relations, with President Donald Trump approving his visa and calling the election "strange." Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called the departure "shameful," while Bolsonaro's legal troubles stem from two police probes, which he denies wrongdoing in.