Flavio Bolsonaro has alleged without evidence that the presidential election he lost was fraudulent. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: On his first visit to Washington since losing a presidential election, Flavio Bolsonaro brushed aside doubts about his grip on Brazil's political right and said he was ready to stand for the Liberal Party in the next race, which he argued might come sooner than expected.
Speaking to Reuters on Thursday between meetings to sort out his US immigration status, Bolsonaro rejected critics -- including reelected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -- who brand him a runaway for making a dash to the US after last month's vote.
"That is a pejorative way of trying to attack me," he said. "Honestly, I couldn't care less. I am convinced that I needed to be here."
