To the surprise of none, it turns out disgraced former Brazilian dictator Jair Bolsonaro was full of shit about his plans to head back home and face the music this month, as the Financial Times reports the would-be autocrat applied for a six-month tourist visa on Friday. Bolsonaro faces multiple criminal investigations in Brazil, the newest of them being into his level of involvement in the Brasilia Capitol riot earlier this month in which his fans rampaged through federal government buildings more than a week after returning President Luiz Ignacio Lula had been sworn into office.
Bolsonaro, whose 30 day grace period following the automatic expiry of his A-1 foreign diplomat and head of state visa expires this week, would probably do well to just go find another country to cool his heels given the unlikelihood of the Biden Administration approving the visa.