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Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil for U.S. After Election Loss

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Summary

Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil for the United States after losing the presidential election.
Ignoring a passport order, Bolsonaro left Brazil via Argentina, arrived in Miami on a jet with U.S. visas.
Bolsonaro posted a Miami letter calling himself Brazil’s “leader” and vowed opposition leadership.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called Bolsonaro’s departure shameful; President Donald Trump called the family “fine people.”

History

Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines from 1965 and imposed martial law in 1972, was toppled by the February 1986 People Power Revolution and fled to Hawaii with a U.S. visa. Arriving on February 26, he carried roughly $717 million in cash and other assets, while the United States grappled with legal actions against his entourage.

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Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines from 1965 and imposed martial law in 1972, was toppled by the February 1986 People Power Revolution and fled to Hawaii with a U.S. visa. Arriving on February 26, he carried roughly $717 million in cash and other assets, while the United States grappled with legal actions against his entourage.

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