Tag: Brazil

Categories Op-ed

Bolsonaro Gov’t Pushing Brazil’s Native Peoples to the Edge of Extinction, Indigenous Leader Warns

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The Bolsonaro government has no interest in shielding Brazilian Indians from COVID-19, on the contrary, it has long sought to open indigenous lands for mining and agribusiness, considering native peoples to be only a stumbling block, notes indigenous leader Weibe Tapeba and Brazilian scholar Gustavo Guerreiro. … Read More >Bolsonaro Gov’t Pushing Brazil’s Native Peoples to the Edge of Extinction, Indigenous Leader Warns

Categories Latin America

Latin America OVERTAKES US & Canada as second-worst affected region in Covid-19 pandemic – AFP tally

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A surge in Covid-19 cases across Latin America has made it the second-worst hit region for virus deaths, outpacing the US and Canada and trailing only Europe. The situation has been exacerbated by poverty and lack of mass testing. … Read More >Latin America OVERTAKES US & Canada as second-worst affected region in Covid-19 pandemic – AFP tally

Categories Latin America

Brazil’s media community to SUE Bolsonaro after he stood close to reporters & REMOVED MASK while announcing he’s Covid-positive

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President Bolsonaro knowingly put reporters who stood disturbingly close to him at risk as he told of his positive Covid-19 test, Brazil’s media association said. The group is set to take him to court for the “criminal” act. … Read More >Brazil’s media community to SUE Bolsonaro after he stood close to reporters & REMOVED MASK while announcing he’s Covid-positive

Categories World

Live Updates: Two Thirds of Americans Say COVID-19 Crisis ‘Getting Worse’ – Poll

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Multiple research centres in numerous countries are trying to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus, as the number of those infected has already surpassed 10.6 million worldwide, while the death toll stands at around 515,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. … Read More >Live Updates: Two Thirds of Americans Say COVID-19 Crisis ‘Getting Worse’ – Poll

Categories Latin America

Brazilians Forced to Self-Organize While Political Elites Use Pandemic as Chance to Rewrite Rules

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With over 920,000 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus and at least 45,000 related deaths, the highly contagious virus is far from “under control” in Brazil. One expert tells Sputnik that despite this and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s lack of leadership the self-organization of vulnerable Brazilians persists. … Read More >Brazilians Forced to Self-Organize While Political Elites Use Pandemic as Chance to Rewrite Rules

Categories Latin America

WHO’s next? Quitting UN health body is an option unless it stops being ‘partisan’ & ‘political’, Brazil’s Bolsonaro says

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Shortly after the WHO warned Latin America that lifting lockdowns would be premature, President Bolsonaro threatened to consider quitting the “partisan” entity. It comes as Brazil’s Covid-19 cases surges past 600,000. … Read More >WHO’s next? Quitting UN health body is an option unless it stops being ‘partisan’ & ‘political’, Brazil’s Bolsonaro says