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In Brazil, after losing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro was exfiltrated to Miami, the far right has begun considering other possible candidates for president in the 2030 elections. Our correspondent Brian Mier has more.

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00:01In Brazil, after losing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro was exfiltrated to Miami,
00:07the far-right has begun thinking of other possible candidates for the president in the 2030 elections.
00:12Our correspondent, Brian Mir, has more.
00:16Brazilian conservatives are still reeling from the one-two punch of seeing their candidate lose the second-round presidential election
00:23after winning in the first round, then watching him flee to Miami just two days afterwards.
00:28This has led to infighting within the Brazilian right as former allies turn against Flavio Bolsonaro.
00:34Flavio knows that he will be convicted. He fled the country because he is a thief.
00:42He's going to be convicted of operating a huge money laundering scheme.
00:46And it won't be just one conviction, people.
00:49There will be several of them, and he'll be sentenced to over 30 years in prison.
00:53Flavio knows this. And like the rat that he is, he decided to run away.
00:58He decided to abandon you, Bolsonaro supporters. He slapped each one of you in your face.
01:06A few days before the runoff election, Flavio Bolsonaro's brother Eduardo announced on a live stream
01:11that if his brother lost the election, he should join him in the USA and start working on a Trump
01:16-style stop-the-steal narrative.
01:18But with the pummeling that the Republicans just suffered in the midterm elections,
01:22it doesn't look like supporting a coup in Brazil is at the top of the Trump administration's priority list.
01:29Flavio Bolsonaro's loss and subsequent flight from Brazil has led to a reorganization of the Brazilian far-right,
01:36who are already thinking about the 2030 presidential elections.
01:40They are thinking of the future.
01:43With this type of reorganization, it makes no sense for them to support Flavio Bolsonaro's narrative
01:49that the election was stolen and that he is being persecuted.
01:53With Flavio and Eduardo Bolsonaro now living in the United States with a formerly allied president
01:59who has just lost control of the House and Senate, the political scenario is changing rapidly in Brazil
02:04as different forces jockey for position.
02:12Right now, the conservatives are aligning behind two different people,
02:17Sao Paulo governor Tarcicio de Freitas and Michele Bolsonaro.
02:23Michele is a rookie, she is the wife of Jair Bolsonaro,
02:27and according to Evangelical Christian doctrine, she is subordinate to Jair Bolsonaro.
02:33The other leader who can bring together conservative voters is Tarcicio de Freitas.
02:38Tarcicio has the support of the economic elites.
02:45Brazil's presidential inauguration will take place on January 5th.
02:50Brian Muir, Telesur, Recife.

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