# Brazil: Flavio Bolsonaro leaves Argentina amid reported bid for US asylum after defeat

https://mins.news/en/item/119061

- France 24, 2026-10-28 11:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261028-brazil-flavio-bolsonaro-leaves-argentina-for-alleged-us-asylum-after-defeat

> After losing Brazil’s runoff election on Sunday, Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in Argentina on Tuesday night and then boarded a flight to Ecuador. He is expected to land in Miami, while the US State Department said it would issue visas to him and his family.

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