Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after election loss, US says will grant visa

According to A senior US State Department official has, the Trump administration will problem visas to Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and his family, allowing them to enter the US after news outlets documented that Bolsonaro had fled Brazil after his loss in.

Key points

• This person has previously accused members of the Bolsonaro family of courting US interference in Brazilian affairs for their political benefit, called the right-wing senator's actions shameful.
• Bolsonaro, the son of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, initially refused to acknowledge the election results and remarked he would seek their annulment.
• US President Donald Trump reacted by casting doubt on the election result, telling reporters it "looked like another rigged election".
• Bolsonaro has denied any wrongdoing and remarked on Monday that he would stay in the country and lead the opposition.
• "This is what the Bolsonaro family is like, " Lula remarked.

In practice, the news came on Tuesday, one day after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to turn over his passports as part of a probe into alleged funds laundering. Bolsonaro has denied any wrongdoing and remarked on Monday that he would stay in the country and lead the opposition.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. This person has previously accused members of the Bolsonaro family of courting US interference in Brazilian affairs for their political benefit, called the right-wing senator's actions shameful.

"This is what the Bolsonaro family is like, " Lula remarked. "Brazil is their second nation, the US is their first."

Bolsonaro, the son of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, initially refused to acknowledge the election results and remarked he would seek their annulment. His party published a statement on Monday saying it accepted the results of the election. It the conservative candidate lost by more than 4.4 million votes.

No evidence has emerged that the vote was marred by malfeasance. While critics seized on a last-minute decision to extend polling hours, Lula's eventual victory was commanding, and the extension was unlikely to change the outcome.

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