Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
\n\nBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sharply criticized his defeated rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, over reports that the senator left the country days after losing the election. Lula said he only just learned of the departure, and used the moment to accuse the Bolsonaro family of putting Washington ahead of Brazil.
\n\nLula pointed to his own record as a contrast. He said he lost to Fernando Henrique Cardoso twice (1994 and 1998) and stayed in Brazil, and that Geraldo Alckmin lost to him (2006) and also stayed. He said he had been offered chances to leave the country and even to take refuge in an embassy, but chose to remain and surrender himself to the Federal Police, because he wanted to expose his accusers and prove his innocence. He noted that he has now won another term.
\n\nHe said he regrets that Flávio left, since staying would have let him show that the accusations in the press were untrue. Lula said he submitted his own paperwork, along with that of his wife and children, to the Electoral Court, and that Flávio did not do the same.
\n\nHis sharpest line was aimed at…
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