FLIGHT PLAN
Flávio Bolsonaro and the art of the vanishing act
Flávio Bolsonaro wearing a T-shirt with a line from Brazil’s national anthem: “You will see that a son of yours does not flee from battle.” Photo: Vittor Sales/PL
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro ended his Election Night speech on Sunday with a vow. "I will not give up on my Brazil, and I hope that you who are watching me will not give up either," the senator said, after refusing to recognize his defeat to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by a margin of 4.4 million votes. Less than 48 hours later, he was gone, slipping across the border at night like a tenant who skips town the evening before rent is due….
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