According to reports from The New York Times, Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro recently spent two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia. Bolsonaro stayed at the embassy from February 12th to 14th after a police operation linked to an investigation into an “attempted coup” prevented him from leaving the country.
Bolsonaro’s lawyers have confirmed his stay at the embassy and stated that he was there for “contacts with the authorities of a friendly country.” They emphasized Bolsonaro’s good relationship with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Despite legal challenges, including being sentenced to eight years of ineligibility for spreading disinformation about his election defeat and facing several investigations, including one for the forgery of vaccination certificates during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bolsonaro’s stay at the Hungarian embassy was described as a diplomatic rather than an escape attempt.
