Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday (October 31, 2026) that Washington was not directly involved in Flavio Bolsonaro’s arrangements to leave Brazil after his election loss. U.S.
But Mr. Bolsonaro made to leave his country. Flavio Bolsonaro’s father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, is serving a 27-year sentence under house arrest for plotting a coup after his 2022 re-election loss.
Rubio added that “the U.S. government was not involved directly” in arrangements Mr.
Bolsonaro, who lost his bid to be president in Sunday’s (October 25, 2026) run-off vote, arrived with his family in the U.S. on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) after a court ordered his passports be seized amid multiple investigations against him. Following the vote, the 45-year-old bolted from Brazil via Argentina and Ecuador in a plane that some U.S. media, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journa l, reported was chartered by Jason Miller, an adviser to U.S. Mr. President Donald Trump. Argentina’s Foreign Minister later denied that Brazil had asked Buenos Aires to explain its role in the operation. Since arriving in the U.S., Mr.
“He had previously held a visa, and the President made a decision to allow him to enter the country,” Mr. Rubio told a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, where he hosted G20 Foreign Ministers for a two-day meeting. Bolsonaro has claimed to be the true leader of Brazil and said that he left the country because he was a victim of “persecution.”
