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Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro flees to US after election loss; US grants visas
Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States after losing Sunday's runoff to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, multiple outlets reported.[39, 44, 77] Bolsonaro, a far-right senator and the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has refused to concede.[31, 52] Brazil's Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passports amid an investigation into alleged financial crimes including money laundering, and he missed a Tuesday noon deadline to hand them over; his passports were then cancelled.[39, 63, 65 +1]
He announced he would seek the revocation of Lula's candidacy, and President Donald Trump said the election looked like 'another rigged election.'[31, 56] The State Department said it will issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family, a senior department official told ABC News.[21, 28]
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- Earlier and later reportsMost outlets report Bolsonaro fled directly to the United States, with the Financial Times saying he arrived in Florida and Bloomberg reporting he arrived in Miami; Sky News reports Argentina said he entered Argentina and boarded a private flight to Ecuador.[23, 77, 82]
- Sky News · Not rated · Oct 27, 5:35 p.m. ET Flavio Bolsonaro flies from Argentina after Brazil election defeat
Argentina has said Flavio Bolsonaro entered the country before boarding a private flight to Ecuador on Tuesday after losing Brazil's presidential election.
- Bloomberg · Center · Oct 27, 8:48 p.m. ET Bolsonaro Reportedly Arrives Miami Amid Investigations
Flávio Bolsonaro arrived in Miami after fleeing Brazil following a defeat in its presidential election, according to O Globo. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Sky News · Not rated · Oct 27, 5:35 p.m. ET Flavio Bolsonaro flies from Argentina after Brazil election defeat
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Of the 39 rated outlets that covered it, 12 are left of center (3 of them in the Left group), 13 are center and 14 are right of center (11 of them in the Right group). 6 more are not rated.
- Left: Truthout (−2.23), Mother Jones (−1.71), The Real News Network (−1.68).
- Leans left: The New Republic (−1.09), HuffPost (−1.06), Raw Story (−0.94), The Intercept (−0.83), MS NOW (−0.76), The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), NPR (−0.68), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: PBS NewsHour (−0.48), Newsweek (−0.30), Fortune (−0.25), Foreign Policy (−0.20), ABC News (−0.19), International Business Times (−0.14), CBS News (−0.14), Axios (−0.05), Mediaite (+0.04), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17).
- Leans right: The Wall Street Journal (+0.63), New York Post (+0.64), The American Conservative (+1.06).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34), Fox News (+1.52), IJR (+1.52), Blaze Media (+1.71), Breitbart (+2.03), The Daily Wire (+2.07), The Western Journal (+2.13), One America News Network (+2.69), Conservative Review (+2.76), The Right Scoop (+3.11).
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