Memories of the darlings and demons that have dotted US policy in the Western Hemisphere never disappear easily, thanks in this instance to Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s defeated far-right presidential candidate, who arrived in Florida on Wednesday after being trounced by incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by more than four million votes in Sunday’s run-off.

Lula, who turned 81 this week, mused that his opponent must have a lot to hide to flee from justice in the manner he did. Flávio is under criminal investigation for money laundering, and the Supreme Court had ordered the police on Monday to seize his passport. On the other hand, and this is precisely the point, even such an overwhelming mandate did not deter Flávio’s patron in Washington, US President Donald Trump, from........

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