Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports

Key Points:

• Far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro was banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender all passports by Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes, linked to a money-laundering investigation involving him.
• The ruling came shortly after Bolsonaro's loss in the presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, though Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat and his party acknowledges the result while questioning the process.
• Bolsonaro denied claims that he planned to leave Brazil if he lost the election, which were based on statements by his brother Eduardo Bolsonaro, currently in self-imposed exile in the US.
• The court's order also prohibits Bolsonaro from contacting a lawyer suspected of involvement in a large-scale money-laundering scheme, and he must hand over his passports within 24 hours.
• Despite reports that Bolsonaro was persuaded to drop plans to annul the election due to weak legal grounds, he has not publicly withdrawn his challenge and intends to file a case against Lula’s ticket for alleged abuse of economic power.