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Flavio Bolsanaro flees Brazil after losing election
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One day after vowing to remain in Brazil after losing the election to Lula da Silva, Brazil's opposition leader, Flavio Bolsonaro, has sought asylum in the United States, fleeing an investigation into money-laundering. Brazil has form when it comes to locking up past leaders – Jair Bolsanaro remains under house arrest, serving a 27 year sentence for leading a coup against Lula. Lula himself served 580 days in prison for a corruption conviction that was later overturned by the Supreme Court. Lula won a decisive victory in the run-off election, but at 81, questions are being asked about how long he can hold on...
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Fleeing Brazil for the US when beaten by Lula da Silva is a Bolsonaro family thing. When Bolsonaro Sr. lost the presidency to Lula in 2022, he let out for the US, where he tried and failed to mastermind a coup back home. Now his son Flavio has fled to Miami after being beaten for the same office by the same
man. the sight of his father serving 27 years for that attempted coup, encouraged Bolsonaro Jr. to flee. For the moment he lost the run-off to Lula, the police were after him. He faces massive money laundering charges. To make sense of this mess, we turn to Deborah Barros
Léal Faria, spawn Brazil, now Associate Professor in Politics at New South Wales. Deborah, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. Deborah, how did you get out?
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