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

https://mins.news/en/video/119904

- France 24 English, 2026-10-28 22:13 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQewRtwep4A

> Brazil’s defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro said Wednesday, after arriving in the United States to begin a self-imposed exile, that he is the country’s rightful leader. His defiance in Florida points to continued upheaval after leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s dramatic runoff.

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