Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday’s (October 25, 2026) presidential election and refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order to hand over his passports, two sources said.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused Washington of colluding with the Bolsonaros to put them back in power, and Reuters reported ahead of Sunday’s (October 25, 2026) election on a U.S. Flavio was favoured to win Sunday’s (October 25, 2026) presidential election but ended up losing in a shock result to leftist Lula. On Monday (October 26, 2026), he was given 24 hours to hand in his passports as part of a money laundering probe in which he denies wrongdoing, but that deadline has now lapsed, two other sources said, leading to his documents being canceled. Jair Bolsonaro also went to the United States after refusing to concede to Lula in 2022, when former U.S. President Joe Biden was in office. He eventually returned to Brazil but was later given a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after his supporters stormed government buildings in Brasilia. His son has yet to officially concede defeat — saying on Sunday (October 25, 2026) he would seek the annulment of the result over alleged voter irregularities — but his Liberal Party said on Monday (October 26, 2026) it acknowledged Mr.
U.S. Mr. Flavio’s departure for the United States threatens to deepen a rift between the two most populous nations in the Americas. State Department campaign to restore them to office. Mr. Lula’s victory. Eduardo Bolsonaro, Mr.
Flavio’s younger brother who lives in the United States, said ahead of the vote that an election loss would require a move.
President Donald Trump’s administration has previously alleged that Flavio Bolsonaro’s father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was a victim of judicial persecution in Brazil.
