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Bolsonaro flees Brazil for US after election defeat

Flavio Bolsonaro's clandestine escape to the United States bewildered Brazil and triggered a frantic search for his whereabouts. The Supreme Court had ordered the son of jailed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro to forfeit his passports after his electoral loss on Sunday, amid fears he would leave the country due to ongoing investigations against him. But the defeated right-wing presidential candidate failed to hand them in, choosing instead to flee to the US via Argentina and Ecuador. FRANCE 24's Tim Vickery reports from Rio de Janeiro.

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Brazil: Bolsonaro defeated and on the run

Defeated far-right presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the United States, despite a court order barring him from leaving the country. The son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro has yet to concede defeat in Sunday’s election and is under investigation in Brazil for alleged corruption and money laundering. Antonia Kerrigan has more.

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Flávio Bolsonaro's unknown whereabouts unleash rumors of asylum in the United States. United States.

Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro remains unaccounted for after the court ordered the delivery of his passport and prohibited him from leaving the country as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering. While the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro denies having committed irregularities, his absence has fed speculation about a possible asylum application in the United States or Argentina. However, the Government of Javier Milei claims that there is no formal request.

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Flavio Bolsonaro claims he received a ban to leave Brazil: what comes for the former candidate

Brazilian senator and former presidential candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, claims that the Federal Police notified him of the obligation to hand over his passports after visiting his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. Investigated for alleged corruption and money laundering in two cases, he will lose his special jurisdiction in February. Meanwhile, his Liberal Party has recognized the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and has ruled out calling for the annulment of the elections, although the ultra-right party announced that it will lead the opposition and will continue its judicial actions against the re-elected president.

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Presidential runoff under way in Brazil

Brazil is also heading to the polls today for a run-off vote that will decide who leads the country. The race is on a knife edge between incumbent left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. The son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, Flávio scored a major upset in the first round earlier this month, taking the lead in the vote. The campaign has been dominated by corruption scandals, economic difficulties and allegations of US interference, which Washington has denied. France 24 correspondent Jan Onoszko reports the latest from Rio de Janeiro.

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Brazil Elections: Flavio promises to release his father; Lula warns of the family's return to power

With massive political acts, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro speed up their campaigns to win the Brazilian presidency. The ultra-right-wing Bolsonaro, who obtained about 2.2 million votes more than his rival in the first round, stressed that, during his term, his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, will be released immediately. On the other side, the president and left-wing candidate, Lula da Silva, warned the public that the return of the Bolsonaro family to power will lead to great setbacks for the poorest.

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Brazil: Can Lula win again?

In Brazil, it's a surprise: Flavio Bolsonaro, ultra-conservative and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, came out ahead of the first round of the presidential election this Sunday, with 47% of the vote against 45% for outgoing President Lula. The 45-year-old senator and the 80-year-old outgoing president will face for the second round on October 25. In an ultra-polarized country, everyone hopes to recover abstentionists and postponements.

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Paraguay, a fiscal and political shelter for the Brazilian extreme right

In the past five years, applications for Brazilian residence permits in Paraguay have more than doubled. Many of the newcomers are supporters of Jair Bolsonaro who fear a re-election of the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is responsible for a deterioration of Brazil's economic situation. Report by Fanny Lothaire, Valeria Saccone, Mélanie Blondeau and Jan Onoszk for France 24.

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What is real and what is false? The use of IA in the Brazilian elections

The first round of the presidential election was held on Sunday in Brazil, in a elections in which artificial intelligence played an increasingly important role: an avatar of former President Jair Bolsonaro to support his son's candidacy, a clone of a governor to request donations from his voters and campaign jingles created by a few real ones. Disinformation thus became one of the main challenges of these elections.

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Report from Rio de Janeiro: The Bolsonaro Liberal Party is strengthened in the Senate

The legislative elections in Brazil left a key result for the country's political future: the Liberal Party (PL), a formation linked to the former Jair Bolsonaro and which nominated Flávio Bolsonaro for the presidency, significantly expanded his presence in the Senate. The bench will go from 15 to 28 seats, consolidating itself as the greatest political force, which will be key in approving to deny the next president's projects. From Rio de Janeiro, our correspondent Valeria Saccone gives us more details.

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Simone Pitta: "With this first round you can see a consolidation of bolsonarism in Brazil"

Despite not having been in power in Brazil's last presidential period, and despite the allegations and convictions against former President Jair Bolsonaro for an attempted coup d'état, Bolsonarism managed to consolidate itself in the face of the elections on October 4. Now, Flávio Bolsonaro seeks to position himself as the new president of Brazil in a fight, in the shooting, with the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. What does this triumph mean for the electorate following Bolsonaro? We analyzed it with Simone Pitta, a lawyer and doctor in political science at the University of the Andes.

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Flávio Bolsonaro cuts the polls: a small advantage, but a downhill scenario for Lula

Brazil was inclined towards the trend of return to the right that shakes Latin America, after the senator and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro took over almost two points to the left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of the election. Lula has recognized the result as "unexpected" and promises that from now on "a new campaign" begins, but Bolsonaro's margin of manoeuvre to add through alliances and to drive on the right's roots is much greater.