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Flavio Bolsonaro claims he is ‘true president’ of Brazil
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Opposition presidential candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro arrives to vote during general elections in Rio de Janeiro, October 4, 2026. (AP/Lucas Landau)
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who fled to the United States after losing an election to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, says in a statement that he is the “true president of Brazil.”
“I am the elected president, and the criminals who stole Brazil’s election are part of a criminal organization that has established a tyranny,” Bolsonaro says in the statement published on his X account, slamming “electoral fraud.”
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