Video taking off 83x its usual first day

Flávio Bolsonaro becomes the subject of "Catch Me If You Can" memes

Bloomberg's Beatriz Reis reports on his arrival in Miami and the online reaction, against the backdrop of a passport surrender order.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 494,152 views a day, 83 times a normal first day on this channel (5,961).

Bolsonaro Flees to Miami and the Memes Fly in Brazil

The movie poster is altered. Flávio Bolsonaro appears in a spoof of Catch Me If You Can, the opening image in Beatriz Reis's Bloomberg report about the defeated presidential candidate's departure from Brazil.

Reis reports that Bolsonaro posted a video saying the Supreme Court had ordered him to surrender his passport. According to her account, he did not surrender it and traveled through Argentina and Ecuador before arriving in Miami. The report also says he faced multiple criminal investigations in Brazil.

The Short follows how Brazilian social media turned uncertainty over his whereabouts into a series of pop-culture references. Alongside the edited movie poster, Reis shows imagery drawing on Carmen Sandiego and Where's Waldo, both familiar figures in stories built around finding someone.

The report reached roughly 290,000 views in its first ten hours, far beyond Bloomberg Television's usual start for a Short. Its focus is the contrast between the memes and the events behind them: Reis closes by emphasizing the serious circumstances surrounding Bolsonaro's departure.

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