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Symbolic image: Flávio Bolsonaro leaves for US as Brazil cancels his passports

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Flávio Bolsonaro leaves for US as Brazil cancels his passports

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Flávio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States on Tuesday, hours after police cancelled his passports. His Liberal Party has accepted Lula's election win.

According to two sources cited by Reuters, Bolsonaro left with his wife and two daughters after missing the deadline to hand over his passports. Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes had ordered the surrender on Monday, 26 October, in a money laundering probe in which Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing. The Federal Police then cancelled his Brazilian and diplomatic passports. Brazilian media report he arrived in Fort Lauderdale, and a White House official told Folha de S.Paulo that the US will grant the family visas. The route is unclear: Argentina denies he entered the country, and a senior Federal Police official said he did not leave through any regular migration point. On Monday he had said he never thought of leaving.

Party concedes, he holds out

His Liberal Party accepted Lula's victory (51.79% to 48.21%) on Monday but demanded that open questions about the vote be clarified. Bolsonaro dropped his annulment demand and instead wants the electoral court to bar Lula and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin from being sworn in over alleged abuse of economic power, without explicitly conceding.

Foreign financing probe

On Tuesday the Supreme Court ordered police to investigate his campaign over suspected foreign financing, Koha reports, citing the BBC. Bloomberg's headline says the probe also covers a group linked to Vance.

Washington's role

Lula has accused Washington of colluding with the Bolsonaros. Trump, who first questioned the result without evidence, said on Monday that he likes Lula and governs the US, not Brazil.

Other opinions

The American Conservative calls Lula's win surprising and questions the extended voting hours, without mentioning the flight. Le Monde quotes a political scientist who says the extension had very limited impact on the result.