Brazil summons Argentine diplomat over role in Bolsonaro's flight to US, sources say
Brazil’s foreign ministry sought explanations over whether Javier Milei’s government helped Flávio Bolsonaro leave after his passport was seized.
- On Thursday, Brazil's foreign ministry summoned Argentina's chargé d'affaires Maria Emilia Cortes to request explanations regarding Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's transit through Argentina en route to the United States.
- Bolsonaro fled Brazil on Tuesday, violating a Supreme Court order requiring him to surrender his passports amid an ongoing investigation into alleged money laundering and corruption.
- While Brazilian officials described the meeting as a formal request for information, Argentina's Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno denied the move, writing 'there was no request for explanation' on social media.
- U.S. House Democrats requested an immediate accounting from Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding the State Department's role in facilitating the senator's visa approval and departure from Brazil.
- This friction exacerbates existing tensions between South American powers strained since July, when Argentina's President Javier Milei insulted President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, calling him 'a thief' and 'corrupt.
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CNN Reveals Former Mossad Agent Behind Flavio Bolsonaro’s Departure From Brazil
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A report by CNN Brazil has revealed new details of an alleged international operation that enabled Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, to leave Brazil and travel to the United States. According to the report, the operation, internally code-named “Operation Alba,” was carefully coordinated and involved individuals […]
Bolsonaro 'fled because he was victim of persecution'
Former conservative presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro said he fled Brazil to the United States because he was a victim of "persecution" in his country. Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's election runoff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, secretly left Brazil on Tuesday and arrived in Florida aboard a private jet on Wednesday after travelling through Argentina and Ecuador. "The persecution began even sooner than I imagined," the senator said…
The Brazilian senator secretly fled Brazil. Now, for the first time, he explains why.
He chose to flee abroad after the electoral defeat rather than facing justice in Brazil. And now, from the United States (where he fled through Argentina and Ecuador) the former right-hand candidate to the presidential elections, Flavio Bolsonaro, speaks of a "persecution" of which he claims to be a victim and which was the reason for his escape. ..The [...] L'articolo Il video di Bolsonaro jr dagli USA: "I left Brazil because he was persecuted.…
From the United States, where he took refuge after the electoral defeat against Lula, Flávio Bolsonaro breaks the silence and denounces supposedly political persecutions. In a live social recounts the last meeting with his father Jair Bolsonaro, under house arrest after the conviction for the attempted coup: "He looked at me with tears in his eyes" . The senator left Brazil despite the order of the Supreme Court to deliver the passports, in the …
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