Defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro lands in Miami after fleeing Brazil
Trump says Bolsonaro, who is under investigation for corruption and money laundering, welcome in U.S.
Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami on Wednesday after he refused to concede the election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and fled the country.
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In a circuitous journey, Bolsonaro left for Argentina on Tuesday with his wife and two daughters, then travelled to Ecuador, according to Argentina officials and flight data.
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The 45-year-old senator, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, visited the White House in May, and the Trump administration approved U.S. visas for him and his family this week.
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Bolsonaro's father, Jair Bolsonaro, also fled to Florida after losing the 2022 presidential election to Lula before returning to Brazil three months later.
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Flavio Bolsonaro is under investigation by Brazil's Supreme Court, accused of corruption, money laundering and tax evasion.
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The court had ordered him to hand over his regular and diplomatic passports by noon Tuesday.
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It remained unclear whether he had complied, but allies said late Tuesday he also has an Italian passport.
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Private plane to Miami
Dressed casually in a dark polo shirt and flanked by his wife and two daughters, Bolsonaro stepped out of the plane shortly after it landed in Miami about 9:30 a.m. ET.
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The family fled Brazil late Tuesday, entered Argentina via a border checkpoint and quickly boarded a private charter plane, Argentinian immigration officials said.
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Flightradar24 showed the plane believed to be carrying Bolsonaro landed in Guayaquil, Ecuador, about 4 a.m. local time, then took off minutes later for Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport.
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Flávio Bolsonaro and family to receive U.S. visas after leaving Brazil, State Department says
Lula re-elected in Brazil as Bolsonaro rejects results
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Before the family landed in Florida, Lula, who turned 81 on Tuesday, spoke to dozens of supporters outside the presidential residence in Brasilia.
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"I regret that he left Brazil, because he could have stayed here and proven that the accusations are not true," Lula said.
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"This act of leaving Brazil is shameful."
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Bolsonaro's route through Argentina could deepen diplomatic tensions between Lula's government and Argentine President Javier Milei, another Trump ally who travelled to Brazil to assist Bolsonaro's campaign.
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Milei has not commented directly about Bolsonaro's defeat but Juan Pablo Carreira, a presidential spokesperson, said on social media that Milei's administration rescued Bolsonaro "from the claws of communism, which seeks to imprison all opposition figures."
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Representatives of Brazil's government have not responded to requests for comment.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Workers' Party candidate who won the presidential runoff election on Sunday, celebrates his 81st birthday Tuesday.
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Trump claims Brazilian election 'rigged'
Trump has said Bolsonaro is welcome in the U.S., calling him and his family "fine people."
"The election was really strange, and I thought it was terrible," Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Tuesday.
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Earlier, Trump also said, without evidence, that the election was "rigged."
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Leaders around the world and the Organization of American States have endorsed the result and congratulated Lula, who was reelected by a margin of about 4.4 million votes in the second and final round.
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The U.S. has imposed double-digit sanctions on Brazil, which boasts Latin America's largest economy.
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Lula has championed Brazil's long tradition of nonalignment, cultivating ties with competing powers.
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His government has deepened trade ties with China and sought greater global influence through BRICS, a group of emerging economies.
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Bolsonaro visited his father, who is under house arrest, before leaving Brazil.
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence
Bolsonaro claims 'hallucinations' led the ex-Brazil president to tamper with ankle monitor
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the defeated candidate to surrender his Brazilian passports Monday.
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In a video, he said he received the order outside the home where his father is serving a 27-year sentence under house arrest for his attempted coup following his 2022 election loss to Lula.
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A Brazilian diplomat who was not authorized to speak about the matter publicly told the Associated Press that Bolsonaro used an Italian passport to enter Argentina and that Brazilians leaving the country via a land border are not scrutinized by Brazilian authorities.
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The diplomat said Brazil's federal police were not monitoring Bolsonaro when he left his home in Brasilia because the Supreme Court had not issued a warrant for his arrest.
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Flavio Bolsonaro said in a video Monday that he was attempting to organize opposition to the election results among his congressional colleagues.
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His eight-year term as a senator expires Jan. 31, 2027.
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Brazil's Supreme Court is investigating Bolsonaro for allegedly using a sports betting company to launder fraudulent deductions from government pensions paid to senior citizens.
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In a separate case, he is accused of accepting millions of dollars from a disgraced banker.
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Bolsonaro has denied wrongdoing.
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