Inside the Massive Pro-Jair Bolsonaro Rallies Shaking Brazil to Its Core

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Inside the Massive Pro-Jair Bolsonaro Rallies Shaking Brazil to Its Core

RIO DE JANEIRO—Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro answered the far-right leader’s rallying cry on Tuesday and took to the streets in cities across Brazil, stoking fears of violence at the…

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Jair Bolsonaro is facing a political reckoning in Brazil. How far will it go?

The panelaços — the banging of pots and pans — became a socially distanced way for Brazilians to protest President Jair Bolsonaro during the pandemic. But last weekend, a year…

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Jair Bolsonaro is asking for billions to stop Amazon deforestation

This story is part of Down to Earth, a new Vox reporting initiative on the science, politics, and economics of the biodiversity crisis. We’re just four months into the year…

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Brazil has the world’s second-highest coronavirus death toll. But Bolsonaro is as popular as ever.

The Brazilian president’s approval ratings are as high as they’ve ever been, no matter his apparent mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic. Source link

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Covid-19 deniers Trump, Bolsonaro, and Johnson have all gotten the virus

The most powerful leader in the world has tested positive for the coronavirus. President Donald Trump confirmed his diagnosis in a tweet early Friday, joining a growing list of world…

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Coronavirus: Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBolsonaro removed his mask after announcing he had tested positive Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus. He took the…

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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus after months of downplaying pandemic

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the coronavirus, after months of downplaying it as nothing more than a “little flu.” Bolsonaro confirmed his diagnosis Tuesday to reporters, saying…

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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro had coronavirus lung screening ‘but everything is okay’

“I’ve came back from the hospital now, I’ve done a lung screening, my lung is clean, OK? I went to do a Covid exam a while ago, but everything is…

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How Bolsonaro has left Brazil’s Indigenous people vulnerable in the pandemic

On March 31, Suzane da Silva Pereira was the first Indigenous Brazilian to test positive for coronavirus. She is a member of the Kokama people, who live deep in the…

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Brazil coronavirus: Timeline of what Bolsonaro said as the virus spread

As Covid-19 raced across Europe, knocked the UK Prime Minister flat, and throttled New York City earlier this year, Brazil had plenty of notice that a catastrophe was on its…

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