President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s Brazil exit ‘shameful’
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has criticised Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving the country amid reports he was headed to the US. Bolsonaro reportedly fled after election defeat, and a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports amid a money-laundering probe.
President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his re-election, expressing confidence that the outcome will provide an opportunity to deepen relations between Ghana and Brazil and strengthen cooperation among countries in the Global South. Lula secured another term after defeating Flávio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party in Brazil’s presidential runoff election on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
Brazilian politician Flavio Bolsonaro left his country on Tuesday for the United States, US media reported, after he refused to accept defeat in the presidential runoff election held over the weekend. Bolsonaro, who faces multiple legal challenges, had his passports cancelled but had not surrendered the documents as of Tuesday afternoon.
Defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro left Brazil and is traveling to the United States despite a court order banning him from exiting the country, US media reported Tuesday. US President Donald Trump, a close ally of Jair Bolsonaro, on Monday said Brazil’s elections were “rigged” following the defeat of Bolsonaro junior.
News comes one day after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to hand over his passports in money-laundering probe.
Authorities demanded he hand over his passport after loss to Lula but far-right senator remains unaccounted for The far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro has not been seen since Monday and missed a Tuesday-morning deadline to hand his passport to the federal police, fuelling rumours that he may have fled Brazil after losing Sunday’s presidential election. A supreme court justice cancelled Bolsonaro’s passport minutes after the result in a ruling related to a criminal case against the senator.
The senator lost a presidential election earlier this week to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and was later ordered to hand in his passport to authorities in relation to a money laundering probe.