# Flavio Bolsonaro claims to be Brazil’s rightful leader after fleeing to the US

https://mins.news/en/item/120009

- France 24, 2026-10-28 22:13 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/flavio-bolsonaro-claims-he-is-brazil-s-true-leader-after-fleeing-to-us

> Brazil’s defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in the United States on Wednesday to begin self-imposed exile and insisted he was the country’s rightful leader. An expert said his attempt to internationalize the domestic dispute would fail, with a vacuum emerging in the opposition and little likelihood that the US would question Brazil’s election results.

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