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Brazil President Bolsonaro dismisses social distancing measures as he hugs bakery customers and employees and poses for pictures Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro hugged and posed for photos with customers and workers at a bakery in Brasilia, the federal capital, on Thursday Bolsonaro, who was been dismissive of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, … Read more
Brazil’s health minister says the government should turn to gang and militia leaders in dangerous and overcrowded favelas to develop a coronavirus strategy Brazil Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said the government should engage favela gang and militia leaders to combat the coronavirus The overcrowded slums are home to about 11 million people or 2% … Read more
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro ‘is set to fire health minister’ four days after they clash over the far-right leader saying the coronavirus is ‘not all it’s being made out to be’ Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was set to dismiss Health Minister Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta on Monday, according to news outlet Globo Bolsonaro has been at odds … Read more
Coronavirus could wipe out Brazil’s indigenous communities: Fears for isolated tribes after infection enters the Amazon region Community’s elders are most at risk of dying causing ‘chaos’ in communities Some indigenous people breaking into groups with hunting equipment to isolate Coronavirus has killed 486 and infected more than 11,000 in Brazil alone By Jemma Carr For Mailonline … Read more
Disturbing aerial photos show dozens of freshly excavated graves at Brazil’s biggest cemetery after the country’s death toll hit 329 and cases soar to 8,076. The spike in coronavirus cases in the South American nation has forced workers at the 780,000-square meter burial ground to increase the number of plots to a site that already … Read more
Drug traffickers and militias in Brazil have taken the law into their own hands by imposing strict curfews on residents as the coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. With the virus now having affected more than 2,000 people in the country, gangs in Rio de Janeiro’s lawless Cidade de Deus (City of God) are … Read more
Brazil’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue was last night lit up with the flags of countries struck down by the coronavirus pandemic. The 125ft monument, which towers over Rio de Janeiro, had #praytogether projected on it in different languages. Archbishop Orani João Tempesta held mass at the landmark during the light show and called for people … Read more