Politics
Brazilian candidate Flávio Bolsonaro lands in Miami after losing presidential election
October 28, 2026 at 04:32 PM
5 reports · 2 in Arabic, 3 in English · over 2 hours
Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has arrived in Miami with his family after losing Sunday's election and refusing to surrender his passports.
- Bolsonaro lost Sunday's presidential run-off to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- He crossed into Argentina on Tuesday before flying via Guayaquil, Ecuador, to Miami with his wife and two daughters.
- Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports amid a money-laundering investigation he denies.
- The US State Department confirmed it would issue entry visas to Bolsonaro and his family members.
- Brazilian authorities cancelled Flávio Bolsonaro's passport after he reportedly refused to surrender it to the court.
- A source close to Bolsonaro said he feared arrest over the Supreme Court corruption and money-laundering investigations, which he denies.
- Bolsonaro refused to concede defeat to President Lula da Silva after Sunday's presidential run-off.





