Flávio Bolsonaro facing away from the camera as people pat him on the back.
Flávio Bolsonaro in Brasília on Sunday after his election defeat. He landed in Miami on Wednesday. Photograph: Adriano Machado/Reuters
Flávio Bolsonaro in Brasília on Sunday after his election defeat. He landed in Miami on Wednesday. Photograph: Adriano Machado/Reuters
‘Amateur morons’: Flávio Bolsonaro’s short-lived ‘president-elect’ claim met with mockery

Brazilian media ridicule defeated candidate over ‘shameful’ absconsion to US and bizarre letter with wrong coat of arms

Flávio Bolsonaro had hoped that by Sunday night people would be calling him the next president of Brazil.