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Flavio Bolsonaro reportedly leaves Brazil for US after election loss

Argentine authorities say he crossed into Argentina Tuesday night, and a senior US official says visas will be issued to him and his family.

Updated Oct 28, 2026 · 20:18 UTC22 reports

The short version

  • Flavio Bolsonaro lost Brazil's presidential election to Lula and has reportedly left the country.[Deutsche Welle · PBS NewsHour]
  • Brazil's Supreme Court had barred him from leaving the country and ordered him to surrender his passports.[Deutsche Welle · France 24]
  • Argentine authorities said he held valid travel documents, and a plane carrying him and his family landed in Miami.[Deutsche Welle · PBS NewsHour]
  • Trump said he would approve of the senator coming to the US, while Lula called the departure shameful.[Deutsche Welle · PBS NewsHour]

Key facts

  • Flavio Bolsonaro lost the October 2026 presidential election to Lula by more than 4 million votes.[Deutsche Welle]
  • Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Flavio Bolsonaro to surrender his passports and barred him from leaving the country.[Deutsche Welle · France 24]
  • Argentina's migration authority said Bolsonaro and his family crossed into Argentina on Tuesday night through the Tancredo Neves International Bridge, then took a private flight to Ecuador.[PBS NewsHour]
  • Argentina's migration authority said Bolsonaro and his family held valid travel documents and faced no legal impediment to entry.[Deutsche Welle]
  • A plane carrying Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami on Wednesday.[PBS NewsHour]
  • A senior US State Department official said the US would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family.[Al Jazeera · Deutsche Welle]
  • Trump said he would approve of the senator coming to the US and called him and his family fine people.[Deutsche Welle · PBS NewsHour]
  • Lula described Bolsonaro's departure from Brazil as shameful.[PBS NewsHour]

What remains uncertain

  • Accounts of the departure, including the court order and the entry details, rest on reporting and official statements and are marked as reported rather than independently confirmed.[Deutsche Welle · PBS NewsHour · France 24]

Sources

Outlet counts describe coverage, not independent confirmation. Reports may share a wire service or original source.