Summary
A senior U.S. State Department official told CBS News that Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will receive U.S. visas. Bolsonaro lost Brazil’s presidential runoff to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and reportedly left Brazil for the United States as a deadline to surrender his passports expired.Key Facts
- A senior State Department official said Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be allowed to enter the United States.
- Lula received more than 64 million votes, while Bolsonaro received fewer than 60 million, a margin of nearly 4%.
- Brazilian media reported that Bolsonaro departed for the United States after the election.
- Bolsonaro had been ordered to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports by noon Tuesday; the article said it was unclear whether he complied.
- Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat and has made unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
- President Donald Trump suggested that Brazil’s election was rigged but provided no evidence.
- Bolsonaro’s brother Eduardo lives in Texas and was convicted in absentia in June of illegally lobbying the Trump administration; he received a four-year prison sentence.
