After a contentious presidential race, Brazil's former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, opted to take an unconventional route to get out of attending incoming President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva’s inauguration: Fleeing the country.
that the strongman has fled to Orlando, Florida, thousands of miles away from the country where a peaceful transition of power was due to take place. In a distinctly Floridian move, Bolsonaro is said to be staying in the home of an MMA fighter, and plans to be there for “at least a month.”
After a presidency that mimicked all of the calamitous points of Trump’s time in office, Bolsonaro is cozying up close by his favorite political idol.
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