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Brazil summons Argentine diplomat over role in Bolsonaro's flight to US, sources say

Brazil seeks explanations over whether Javier Milei’s government helped Flávio Bolsonaro leave after his passports were canceled, as diplomatic tensions deepen.

  • On Wednesday, Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in Florida after a clandestine 24-hour journey through Argentina and Ecuador, fleeing Brazil two days after losing the presidential election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
  • Facing an ongoing money-laundering investigation, Bolsonaro had been ordered to surrender all passports; he circumvented the travel ban by using an Italian passport to board a private jet in Argentina.
  • Upon arrival in Miami, Bolsonaro claimed he was the victim of a "politically motivated witch-hunt" and declared himself the rightful "leader" of Brazil, asserting the election was manipulated despite providing no evidence.
  • House Democrats requested "an immediate accounting" from Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the State Department's role in facilitating Bolsonaro's entry, while Argentina's foreign minister denied Brazil sought explanations about the flight.
  • Speculation has shifted to who will lead Brazil's right-wing opposition with Bolsonaro now abroad, as his wife Michelle Bolsonaro released a statement calling for "unity" during these "difficult times" for the family.
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Brasilia. Brazil’s government called on Argentina’s business manager in Brasilia, María Emilia Cortés, to explain the alleged help of President Javier Milei’s administration in the escape to the United States of former ultra-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro across Argentine territory, local government sources reported yesterday, while Buenos Aires denied it.

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Brazil has summoned the representative of the Argentine Embassy to Brasilia to explain after Flavio Bolsonaro's escape to the United States through Argentina, declares an AFP diplomatic source.

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The supposed role of the Argentine authorities is causing a political and diplomatic crisis with Brazil, while in Ecuador, the left underlines President Noboa's double standards on corruption.

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Metrópoles broke the news on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
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