Bolsonaro’s Election Defeat Could Complicate U.S. Rare Earth Plans

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Bolsonaro has been secretly flown to Miami on a private jet, three days after losing Brazil's presidential runoff to Lula and a day after defying a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports in a money-laundering case. The State Department is issuing visas to him and his family. S. diplomats in Brazil were told the policy was to return the Bolsonaros to power, making them a direct target.

D. Vance, and possible links to overseas interests in Brazil's rare earths. Bolsonaro will lose his Senate immunity in February. Rare earths are at stake for Washington in this game. The Department of War has backed a 15-year offtake of Serra Verde's output with $750 million.