Brazil summons Argentinian diplomat over Bolsonaro’s flight to US
Summary
Brazil summoned Argentina’s chargé d’affaires, Maria Emilia Cortes, for questions about Flavio Bolsonaro’s departure from Brazil through Argentina to the United States. The move comes amid tensions between Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Argentine President Javier Milei after Bolsonaro lost Brazil’s presidential election and left while facing legal scrutiny.Key Facts
- Brazil’s Foreign Ministry called in Cortes on Thursday, according to sources cited by Reuters.
- Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said his government had received no formal request for explanations.
- Flavio Bolsonaro travelled with his family from Brazil through northern Argentina and Ecuador before arriving in Miami on Wednesday.
- Brazilian officials had ordered Bolsonaro to remain in the country and surrender his passports after the election, as part of an ongoing legal case.
- Investigators are examining an alleged multimillion-dollar payment from former Banco Master head Daniel Vorcaro to Bolsonaro for a film about his father.
- Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing and has called the case politically motivated.
- Lula won the election with 51.8 percent of the vote; Bolsonaro has refused to concede, while his Liberal Party has acknowledged Lula’s victory.
- Bolsonaro thanked Milei for assistance with his journey but did not describe what help he received.
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