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Flavio Bolsonaro claims he is Brazil's true leader after fleeing to US

He said he will lead Brazil’s opposition from abroad after alleging electoral fraud and thanking Donald Trump and Javier Milei for support.

  • On Wednesday, Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro arrived at Opa Locka Executive Airport in the United States, declaring himself Brazil's rightful president-elect and alleging electoral fraud in Sunday's presidential race.
  • Bolsonaro justified his relocation by citing the "politicization of the justice system in Brazil," characterizing it as a "politically motivated witch hunt" intended to hold him hostage.
  • While Bolsonaro alleged manipulation, he provided no evidence; he lost to President Luiz Inacio Lula by around 4.5 million votes, yet international observers found Sunday's vote fair.
  • Bolsonaro urged the international community not to normalize Brazil's political situation, while Lula dismissed the senator's departure as "shameful" for failing to remain and prove his innocence.
  • The senator affirmed he intends to lead the opposition from the United States, thanking President Donald Trump and Argentine leader Javier Milei for welcoming him amid ongoing money-laundering investigations.
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From ridiculous to ridiculous and already installed in the “promised land” for all fascists, Flávio Bolsonaro, with the protective cloak of Donald Trump and his hawks, arrived in the United States – where he finds refuge and political protection all fascist garbage and booties – and, surprise!, without blushing, he declared himself “true President-elect of Brazil,” not without first taking out the manual of defeat and denouncing that he is “vict…

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First he proclaimed himself from the United States "true president" of Brazil. Then he said he was the "leader" of the Brazilians. And it is possible that Flávio Bolsonaro will again correct his proclamation in the midst of a political discredit that has barely begun. "Flávio is more delirious and dangerous than the most severe critics imagined," said Fabiano Lana, columnist of the daily State, commenting on the pirouettes of the Liberal Party c…

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Former presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, who fled to the United States, called himself Brazil's legitimate president, but then changed his mind. Lula da Silva, who lost the election, Flavio Bolsonaro accused the new president and the Supreme Court of falsifying the voting results, declaring himself the only “real one”

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Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro declared himself the rightful leader of Brazil on Wednesday after arriving in the United States with his family. After the disputed presidential election, he insists that he is the victim of an electoral coup carried out by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the country's Supreme Court. According to Flávio Bolsonaro, this is only […] The post Flávio Bolsonaro from the United States: “I did n…

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BCharts Fórum broke the news on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
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