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FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends the inauguration ceremony of the Main Space Operations Center of the Geostationary Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite in Brasilia, Brazil June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano MachadoBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree to extend an emergency stipend to informal…

BRASILIA, June 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a presidential decree to extend an emergency monthly stipend of 600 reais ($110) to informal workers for two more months to help cushion the blow of the COVID-19 crisis. During the ceremony in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said he hopes…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he would appoint economist Carlos Alberto Decotelli da Silva as education minister, according to an announcement on social media. The first Black minister in Bolsonaro’s cabinet, Decotelli served as the head of Brazil’s National Education Development Fund (FNDE) from…

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On Wednesday, June 17 at 19:30 GMT:Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continues to downplay the severity of the country's coronavirus outbreak, calling it a "little flu" while remaining at odds with state governments and health officials trying to contain the spread of the disease. The country now has the second-highest death…

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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Despite the pandemic, Mr Bolsonaro's core base continues to support him Brazil's handling of the pandemic has turned highly political. The country has swiftly risen up the grim leader board of coronavirus statistics and its death toll - 41,828 - is now the world's…

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As if 2020 weren’t wild enough, there will be a presidential election in November. It may feel like we’ve been facing this pandemic for a year and even the Democratic primary seems like a memory from another age, but the general election is now less than five months away.Even if…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Brazil has recorded the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world Brazil has restored a website that lists the full data on Covid-19 in the country, just hours after it was ordered to do so by the Supreme Court.The health ministry stopped releasing cumulative…