Summary
Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro and his family traveled through Argentina and Ecuador before arriving in Miami, days after he lost Brazil’s presidential runoff to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil’s Supreme Court had ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports amid a money laundering and currency evasion investigation, while Bolsonaro said he would seek to annul the election result.Key Facts
- Argentine immigration authorities said Bolsonaro and his family crossed into Argentina late Tuesday and later boarded a private plane to Ecuador.
- The family flew from Ecuador to Miami and arrived at Opa-Locka Executive Airport on Wednesday morning.
- The U.S. State Department said it would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family.
- Lula won 51.8 percent of the vote, compared with Bolsonaro’s 48.2 percent, a margin of more than 4.4 million votes.
- Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports, citing concern that he might flee amid an investigation involving money laundering and currency evasion.
- Bolsonaro said he would pursue a petition to annul the election, citing a two-hour extension of polling hours ordered by Brazil’s Supreme Court.
- Official records showed that fewer than 35,000 votes were cast during the polling extension.
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