POLITICS● ELEVATED4d ago · Oct 28, 2026, 7:44 PM
Bolsonaro flees Brazil for US after election defeat
France 24 [en] · south america
Flavio Bolsonaro's clandestine escape to the United States bewildered Brazil and triggered a frantic search for his whereabouts. The Supreme Court had ordered the son of jailed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro to forfeit his passports after his electoral loss on Sunday, amid fears he would leave the country due to ongoing investigations against him. But the defeated right-wing presidential candidate failed to hand them in, choosing instead to flee to the US via Argentina and Ecuador. FRANCE 24's Tim Vickery reports from Rio de Janeiro.
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