Rubio says U.S. did not arrange Bolsonaro’s departure

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration did not arrange Flávio Bolsonaro’s departure from Brazil, while confirming that President Donald Trump authorized the defeated candidate’s entry into the United States. Trump separately said Bolsonaro could remain in the country as long as he wanted. Rubio made the comments to reporters in Atlanta during a gathering of Group of 20 foreign ministers. He said the U.S. government learned Bolsonaro had arrived and was not directly involved in arrangements for him to leave Brazil. Rubio said Bolsonaro had previously held a U.S. visa and that Trump made the decision to let him enter. Trump expressed sympathy for Bolsonaro in remarks to reporters at his Florida residence, saying he could stay in the United States as long as he wished. The public welcome does not itself alter the terms of Bolsonaro’s immigration status. Reports say he was admitted under humanitarian parole, a temporary status that typically lasts one year. Bolsonaro arrived in Miami with family members on October 28, three days after losing Brazil’s October 25 presidential runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He had travelled from Brazil via Argentina...