Bolsonaro: 'I fled Brazil because of persecution'

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election and left the country, stated that he fled to the United States due to 'persecution'. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira have agreed to meet amid rising tensions.

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election and left the country, stated that he fled to the United States because of 'persecution' against him. In a live Instagram broadcast, he said: 'The persecution started even earlier than I expected.' Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira have agreed to meet in the coming weeks amid tensions between the countries following Brazil's presidential election. This was reported by the Bloomberg news agency. According to the report, they briefly spoke on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta and agreed to meet again before the G20 leaders' summit, which will take place in December in Miami.