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TownhallMAR 2 2024
Brazil Probes Bolsonaro for 2-Night Sleepover at Hungarian Embassy
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The Spin
Left narrative
As legal challenges against him mount, it's anything but surprising that Bolsonaro would hide and seek asylum at the Hungarian embassy. He has long been close friends with his fellow far-right compatriot Orbán — a relationship that prompted Budapest to offer assistance to get him re-elected. And this wouldn't be unprecedented as Bolsonaro ran away to America to skip Lula's inauguration before.
Right narrative
Given that the Times broke this story shortly after CIA director William Burns traveled to Brazil, it's hard to believe that this political thriller isn't part of deliberate efforts by the Biden administration to damage the reputations of conservative champions Bolsonaro and Orbán. Even Brazilian justices who have persecuted the former president know that these latest allegations would be too much.