{
  "id": 17236201,
  "title": "‘Amateur morons’: Flávio Bolsonaro’s short-lived ‘president-elect’ claim met with mockery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/amateur-morons-flavio-bolsonaros-short-lived-president-elect-claim",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T14:08:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/flavio-bolsonaros-president-elect-claim-mockery-brazil"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Brazilian media ridicule defeated candidate over ‘shameful’ absconsion to US and bizarre letter with wrong coat of arms Flávio Bolsonaro had hoped that by Sunday night people would be calling him the next president of Brazil. Instead, the far-right politician’s decision to flee to the United States after losing the election and – for 58 minutes – declare himself “Brazil’s true president-elect” ,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}