Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro is scheduled to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 5, alongside actor Jim Caviezel and former congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro. (Foto: Instagram)
Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, a former presidential candidate, is scheduled to speak Thursday night, Nov. 5, at an event organized by allies of President Donald Trump in Florida. The program lists him alongside actor Jim Caviezel, who portrays former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the unreleased biopic “Dark Horse.”
Former congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro was also announced as a speaker. The event is the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, which brings together figures associated with conservatism from around the world. It is set to take place at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s property, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. local time, or 8 p.m. to midnight in Brasília.
The film has drawn scrutiny over its financing. Messages between Flávio Bolsonaro and former banker Daniel Vorcaro prompted investigators to examine a financing arrangement worth 131 million reais for the production. At least 60 million reais are estimated to have been paid by Vorcaro, according to the reported figures. Flávio is among those under investigation by Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court in the case.
Brazil’s Federal Police traced financial flows for the film’s production abroad and found that the funds did not come from direct, official institutional sponsorships by Banco Master, according to the investigation described in the report. Instead, investigators identified the use of intermediary companies and third-party funds. Money was sent to a U.S. fund called Havengate, while the production company has documented the arrival in Brazil of about $2.8 million, approximately 14.8 million reais.
Investigators are examining whether the negotiations involved corruption, money laundering or foreign-exchange evasion. One suspicion under review is that some of the money may have been used to support Eduardo Bolsonaro while he was in the United States. Flávio Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing and says the funds were private and lawful.
Flávio has been in the United States since the previous week, after Brazil’s Federal Police requested that his passport be seized. A restriction barring him from leaving Brazil was issued in a separate investigation in which he is a target. That inquiry examines suspected money laundering in business dealings related to betting companies and involving Willer Tomaz, a lawyer and friend of Flávio.
