{"id":2823,"date":"2026-10-28T22:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/bolsonaro-claims-he-is-brazils-true-leader-after-fleeing-to-us\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T22:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:01:07","slug":"bolsonaro-claims-he-is-brazils-true-leader-after-fleeing-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/bolsonaro-claims-he-is-brazils-true-leader-after-fleeing-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolsonaro claims he is Brazil\u2019s true leader after fleeing to US"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bolsonaro<\/p>\n

Brazil\u2019s defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro insisted Wednesday he is his country\u2019s rightful leader after arriving in the United States to start a self-imposed exile.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro\u2019s defiance on fleeing to Florida signaled continued upheaval for Brazil, where leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a dramatic runoff election Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am the elected president, and the criminals who stole Brazil\u2019s election are part of a criminal organization that has established a tyranny,\u201d Bolsonaro said in the statement published on his X account, slamming \u201celectoral fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will lead the opposition from here,\u201d he said. In a subsequent statement, he revised his claim, saying he is the \u201cleader,\u201d rather than \u201cpresident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro, 45, touched down earlier Wednesday in a private jet at Opa-Locka Executive Airport near Miami.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump\u2019s hard-right administration has strong links to Bolsonaro and his father Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest in Brazil after attempting to overturn his own electoral loss to Lula in 2022.<\/p>\n

Trump reiterated his stand that Brazil\u2019s election was \u201cvery strange\u201d but told reporters he \u201cwon\u2019t get involved\u201d in Flavio Bolsonaro\u2019s claim to the presidency.<\/p>\n

Details of how Bolsonaro, accompanied by his wife and daughters, made it to US soil are still emerging.<\/p>\n

He is under investigation in his home country over alleged corruption and money laundering. With his current parliamentary immunity about to expire, he was ordered to surrender his passports but left anyway, reaching the United States via Argentina and Ecuador.<\/p>\n

A police source told AFP that Bolsonaro\u2019s Brazilian and diplomatic passports had been canceled, but the senator has also held Italian nationality since 2023, according to Italian documents seen by AFP.<\/p>\n

The US Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the Bolsonaro family members were inspected and cleared \u201cwith applicable immigration laws and procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n

The travel ban was issued by powerful Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who led the case against Flavio Bolsonaro\u2019s father and is a controversial figure hated by the Brazilian right.<\/p>\n

Flavio Bolsonaro had vowed to seek the justice\u2019s impeachment if he were elected \u2014 which up until Lula\u2019s comeback in the runoff had looked increasingly likely.<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u2018Shameful\u2019 act \u2013<\/h2>\n

Lula, who won the election with 51.8 percent of Sunday\u2019s vote, called Flavio Bolsonaro\u2019s departure a \u201cshameful\u201d act.<\/p>\n

\u201cA person who sneaks out of their country must have something to hide,\u201d he said in Brasilia during his 81st birthday celebration on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

But Brazil police issued a statement Wednesday saying that he was not considered a fugitive.<\/p>\n

There was controversy in neighboring Argentina, where opposition lawmakers demanded to know how Bolsonaro had managed to transit through the country.<\/p>\n

While Argentinian authorities said he was carrying valid travel documents, officials have requested chief of cabinet Diego Santilli to provide details to parliament, according to opposition lawmaker Agustin Rossi.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fraud cases \u2013<\/h2>\n

The most high-profile fraud case against Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil centers on the unreleased biopic \u201cDark Horse\u201d starring US actor Jim Caviezel as Flavio\u2019s father Jair.<\/p>\n

In May, the outlet Intercept Brasil revealed audio recordings in which Flavio Bolsonaro negotiated approximately $24 million to finance the film with banker Daniel Vorcaro, who is jailed over one of Brazil\u2019s biggest-ever fraud cases.<\/p>\n

Before the leak, Flavio Bolsonaro had denied knowing Vorcaro, or that he had financed the movie.<\/p>\n

In July, the Supreme Court ordered a probe into the financing of the film, and whether it involved corruption, money laundering or the illegal movement of currency.<\/p>\n

Flavio Bolsonaro acknowledged Vorcaro had funded the film, but insisted it was a private business deal that was \u201ccompletely legal.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another probe, police are investigating whether Flavio Bolsonaro laundered money and moved funds out of the country in collaboration with his close friend, the lawyer Willer Tomaz.<\/p>\n

Flavio\u2019s father Jair Bolsonaro also never conceded defeat after losing to Lula and left the country on the eve of his rival\u2019s inauguration, before returning to Brazil three months later.<\/p>\n

AFP<\/p>\n

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