On Monday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the senator to give up his passports and barred him from leaving the country.
\n\nThe United States is giving visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his relatives, days after he lost Brazil’s presidential election. The decision follows a Brazilian court order that told him to hand over his passports and stay in the country.
\n\nA senior official in the Trump administration confirmed the visas. The administration plans to say nothing more until the Bolsonaro family is safely on American soil.
\n\nThe news lands only days after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, in a closely watched race.
\n\nThe elder Bolsonaro was convicted last year by the Supreme Court of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election, and he received a 27-year sentence. Because of health problems, he is still under house arrest.
\n\nThe administration has also gone after Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw that prosecution. It placed visa restrictions on him and, in a separate step, imposed sanctions that were later lifted. In 2025, Washington also put steep tariffs on Brazilian imports, which raised tensions between the two capitals.
\n\nSagar is a journalist with…
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