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Brazil's defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro posted a video on social media late Friday saying he fled to the United States because he was a victim of persecution. France 24 reported that he lost Sunday's election runoff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro gave no details of how he left the country. The claim comes after his defeat in the runoff and adds to the political fallout from the election.