Department of Justice says it intends to appeal as administration tries to keep president’s ally Bill Essayli in office

Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate who lost the country’s election to left-wing incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is expected to arrive in Miami on Wednesday after fleeing Brazil, Reuters reported.

According to the outlet, Bolsonaro and his family – after crossing by land into Argentina, and from there departing to Ecuador – took a flight bound for the US, where the Trump administration’s State Department plans to grant them visas.

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