Flavio Bolsonaro lands in Miami after losing Brazil’s presidential election

Author: AP and ReutersPublished on: October 28, 2026Country: Brazil

PoliticsWorld / International

Flavio Bolsonaro lands in Miami after losing Brazil’s presidential election

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami after he lost Sunday’s presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The United States granted them entry visas after Bolsonaro refused to surrender his passports under a Brazilian Supreme Court order. The order is linked to a money-laundering investigation, in which he denies wrongdoing. Argentina’s migration authority said the family travelled through Argentina and Ecuador before continuing to Miami by private jet.

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