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Trump, Milei under pressure to explain Bolsonaro flight from Brazil

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October 31, 2026

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Trump, Milei under pressure to explain Bolsonaro flight from Brazil

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump and Argentina’s Javier Milei faced mounting pressure Friday to explain the role their countries played in helping Flavio Bolsonaro flee Brazil after he had his passports cancelled.

The 45-year-old Brazilian senator bolted his country two days after being defeated by incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a presidential election on Sunday.

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He had been ordered to surrender all his passports due to an ongoing investigation into him on suspicion of money-laundering.

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