Flávio Bolsonaro flees to Miami after refusing to concede Brazil election loss
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 the departure "shameful." Bolsonaro traveled with his wife and two daughters through Argentina and Ecuador before landing in Florida, where he claimed he was the victim of electoral fraud and political persecution. He faces a Supreme Court investigation for corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion, and was ordered to surrender his passports. The senator, a close ally of Donald Trump, has an Italian passport and may have used it to leave Brazil. His father, Jair Bolsonaro, also fled to Florida after losing the 2022 election, and Lula suggested the senator should have stayed to prove his innocence.