Brazilian former presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro travelled to Argentina before flying to Ecuador, Argentina's government said Wednesday, days after his election defeat to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He is en route to the US where allegedly he will seek asylum following his passports being nullified after failure to…
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State Department Issues Visa To Flávio Bolsonaro Days After Brazil Canceled His Passport

As it ran on the front
Today the State Department confirmed that Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will get American visas, passport or no passport. You will need two cancelled passports, a Supreme Court order he ignored, stops in Argentina and Ecuador, and a department that never changed its answer.
Brazilian police had asked him to hand over his passports over links to a money-laundering investigation; the Supreme Court had already nullified them for his failure to comply.…
Clive Did not obey. That's my position on the gas bill — an order I regard as advisory, and there's a response in verse half drafted already.
Gary You've a verse half drafted; he's got a jet booked to Ecuador. One of you is actually moving.
Begin with what was already in the pan. On 1 October, after the Guardian reported Washington funding a campaign against Brazil's Supreme Court, Jorge Messias called it something that "cannot be tolerated." On 23 October, Bernie Sanders and Pramila Jayapal asked Meta's chief executive about alleged interference in the runoff. Lula da Silva won anyway; days after the defeat, the senator left the country.
Rob Moving. The last thing that moved here was the damp, up the wall, and it's still winning.
Keith Winning. There's an angle in that — Winning Damp, a mug with his face on, ready Thursday.
Reduce the whereabouts to what is known, which is less than it sounds. Argentina's government said he travelled there before flying on to Ecuador, said to be seeking asylum in the US. Infobae, as Common Dreams had it, said only that the family may have crossed into Argentina — run by his ally Javier Milei — before a private jet to the US; it did not know where they landed.
Now bring the official answer back to the heat. A State Department official told CBS News, en route to Ecuador, that the family would get American visas. A senior official told CBS News, and another told ABC News, the same despite his corruption charges at home: the whole family let in, a plan the Times also confirmed. The Intercept had it plainest: Brazil's Supreme Court tried to strip his passport, and Washington granted him a visa regardless.
You will be looking for the condition — the charge answered, the court satisfied, something asked first. There is no condition; that is what the visa is instead of.
Gary A mug, right, because what this house needs is more clutter and less rent paid.
RTÉ had it as the department issuing visas "amid reports he has left Brazil after refusing to accept election defeat." At home, CBS and ABC had simply that visas would be issued — no mention of the refusal.
Rob Twice — same as the rota, and the kitty's still not caught up. Some people aren't listening.
“This is the whole racket: a guy under investigation for money laundering gets his passport pulled, and America's got a visa sitting there before he even lands. Brazil's attorney general can call it intolerable all he wants — the State Department already decided the paperwork doesn't matter. That's the access rich friends get when the other country runs out of patience with them.”
“Look, this is about due process — the man's getting railroaded by a hostile court that moved to strip his travel documents before any trial, and we don't just hand out visas to people, there's a whole process, we fast-tracked it in like two days. Did I say fast-tracked? That's not — it's a normal visa. A very normal, very fast visa.”
Earlier in this story
- Brazil cancels Flávio Bolsonaro's passports for defying a surrender order; he leaves for Florida anyway. By The Lodgers · the evening edition, 27 October 2026
- U.S. shut consulates, moved to fund a campaign against Brazil's court, lost by four million, calls it rigged By The Lodgers · the afternoon edition, 26 October 2026
- U.S. shut its Brazil consulates, Instagram boosted Bolsonaro, Lula won by four million: markets call it unexpected By The Lodgers · the morning edition, 26 October 2026
The receipts
Brazil’s Supreme court tried to strip Flávio Bolsonaro's passport, but the Trump administration granted him a visa, according to reports. The post The Bolsonaro Family Playbook: Lose, Cry Fraud, and Run to Trump’s America appeared first on The Intercept .
The US State Department has said it would issue visas to Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro and his family amid reports he has left Brazil after refusing to accept election defeat.
The U.S. plans to issue a visa to Mr. Bolsonaro, a U.S.
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro heading for Ecuador, Argentina saysFlávio Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil's presidential election, was en route to Ecuador after stopping off in Argentina with his family, an Argentine agency said. Earlier, a State Department official told CBS News they would receive U.S. visas.
Just one day after vowing he would remain in Brazil to disprove allegations of money laundering, corruption, and other crimes, far-right Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro followed in his disgraced father's footsteps by fleeing to the United States after losing a presidential election. Bolsonaro, his wife Fernanda Bolsonaro, and their two…
The State Department will allow Flávio Bolsonaro and his family to enter the U.S. and issue them visas, a senior department official told ABC News Tuesday.
Over a dozen US lawmakers, led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Sen. Bernie Sanders, wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday to demand answers about the social media giant's alleged interference in Brazil's presidential runoff election.
A senior State Department official tells CBS News the U.S. will issue visas to Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and his family as he faces corruption charges at home. Reuters correspondent Gram Slattery joins CBS News to share more.
· Return of the Bolsonaros: Why the far-right surge in Brazilian elections? from the morgue, 5 Oct 2026
· Thousands March Against Far Right in Brazil Ahead of Runoff Election from the morgue, 7 Oct 2026
· Brazil attorney general says meddling ‘cannot be tolerated’ after Trump funding plans revealed from the morgue, 1 Oct 2026
· Lula and Bolsonaro face off in Brazil presidential race from the morgue, 4 Oct 2026
· Brazil: A portrait of Flavio Bolsonaro from the morgue, 4 Oct 2026
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