US grants visa to defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro
Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami on Wednesday (October 28) after fleeing Brazil.
- after Brazilian authorities ordered him to surrender his passport.
- Bolsonaro lost Sunday's presidential election to leftist incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- The US State Department on Tuesday announced it had granted entry visas to the senator and his family.
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami on Wednesday, where the United States government granted them entry visas after he refused to comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court order to surrender his passports.
The stunning move came after 48 hours in which Bolsonaro refused to concede to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and then threatened to attempt to annul the election result.
- Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent Tim Vickery.
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