Flavio Bolsonaro set to land in Miami after Trump grants Brazil exit

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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro is expected to arrive in Miami on Wednesday morning with his family, where the U.S. government will grant them entry visas after he fled Brazil following his election loss. Bolsonaro entered Argentina late Tuesday with his wife and two daughters, crossing via the Tancredo Neves International Bridge, then boarded a private plane to Guayaquil, Ecuador, before departing for Miami's Opa-locka Executive Airport. He had refused to comply with a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports. His departure threatens to deepen a rift between Brazil and the U.S., as President Lula has accused Washington of colluding with the Bolsonaro family. Trump said he would approve the senator's arrival, having previously alleged judicial persecution of his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who received a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup.


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