{"id":3404,"date":"2026-10-28T09:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T04:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T04:04:01","slug":"flavio-bolsonaro-leaves-brazil-for-us-after-election-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3404","title":{"rendered":"Flavio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for US after election defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday\u2019s presidential election, three sources said on Tuesday afternoon, with the US State Department due to grant him and his family entry visas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bolsonaro, \u200bwho has yet to concede to leftist incumbent Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, left Brazil after refusing to comply with \u200ca Supreme Court order to surrender his passports.<\/p>\n

The ruling relates to a money laundering probe in which he denies wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

The location of Flavio, his wife and two daughters was not immediately clear. One source close to the family said Flavio had landed in Florida, but declined to say where.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe State Department will issue visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his \u200bfamily and allow them entry into the United States,\u201d a senior State Department official said.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Brazil-US rift grows<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bolsonaro\u2019s departure threatens to deepen a \u200brift between the two most populous nations in the Americas. Lula has accused Washington of colluding with the Bolsonaros to \u2060put them back in power, and Reuters reported ahead of Sunday\u2019s election on a US State Department campaign to restore them to office.<\/p>\n

Trump has previously \u200balleged Flavio\u2019s father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was a victim of judicial persecution in Brazil.<\/p>\n

The elder Bolsonaro also went to the United States after refusing \u200bto concede to Lula in 2022, when former US President Joe Biden was in office.<\/p>\n

He eventually returned but was later given a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after his supporters stormed government buildings in Brasilia.<\/p>\n

Trump made no mention of Flavio Bolsonaro\u2019s departure in comments to the press on Monday, but said the Brazilian vote \u201clooked like another \u200brigged election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lula, speaking in Brasilia, said he had just heard that Flavio had left the country, and called it shameful, saying he should have stayed \u200bin Brazil and proved his innocence.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro was favoured to win Sunday\u2019s presidential election but ended up losing in a shock result to Lula.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ordered to hand over passports<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On Monday, he \u200cwas given \u206024 hours to surrender his passports, but they were cancelled after the deadline lapsed, two sources said.<\/p>\n

In a court ruling seen by Reuters, the Supreme Court cited the risk of Bolsonaro fleeing Brazil and his \u201csignificant financial resources\u201d in ordering his passports seized.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro, who loses his immunity from prosecution when his Senate term ends in February, said on Monday he had no plans to flee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never thought about leaving the country,\u201d he said. \u201cI will hand over \u200bmy passports and defend myself against \u200bthis travesty, which is a clear \u2060attempt to intimidate me.\u201d<\/p>\n

His departure appeared to have caught his campaign manager off guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are surprised by the news because, just yesterday, we discussed the need for Flavio \u2014 given the 60 million votes he received \u2014 to take on this role \u200bas leader of the opposition,\u201d Senator Rogerio Marinho told reporters.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Following father\u2019s path<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Although Bolsonaro has yet to officially concede defeat \u2014 \u200bsaying on Sunday he \u2060would seek the annulment of the result over alleged voter irregularities \u2014 his Liberal Party said on Monday it acknowledged Lula\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear how Bolsonaro was able to leave the country while he was facing a 24-hour deadline to hand over his passports. A senior Federal Police official said Bolsonaro had not exited the \u2060country via \u200bany regular migration point.<\/p>\n

Eduardo Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro\u2019s younger brother who lives in the United States, said \u200bahead of the vote that an election loss would require a move.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf my brother does not win, I\u2019m in favour of him leaving the country,\u201d he told podcaster Steven Crowder \u200bthis month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday\u2019s presidential election, three sources said on Tuesday afternoon, with the US State Department due to grant him and his family entry visas. Bolsonaro, \u200bwho has yet to concede to leftist incumbent Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, left Brazil after refusing to comply with \u200ca Supreme Court order to surrender his passports. The ruling relates to a money laundering probe in which he denies wrongdoing. The location of Flavio, his wife and two daughters was not…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}