As Brazil reels from mobs of rioters swarming its seats of power, its former leader has decamped to a Florida resort, where droves of supporters flocked to cheer on their ousted president. 9News
Though the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said it received a request from the Secret Service to provide a police escort for Bolsonaro when he arrived and he was still a sitting president, he has not been surrounded by a noticeable phalanx of security.
If it all seems too odd, the sight of the former leader of one of the world's biggest countries wandering a gated community a stone's throw from Walt Disney World in shorts, consider the history. A bevy of Brazilians have been lured to central Florida in the past two decades and have in turn transformed the region with scores of Brazilian shops and restaurants.
"He is very popular with the Brazilian emigres in central Florida," said Joel Stewart, former honourary consul for Brazil in Orlando. Brazil opened a consular office in Orlando last year.
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