Bolsonaro

A Brazilian Senate committee Tuesday voted to approve a report recommending President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with a raft of criminal indictments, including crimes against humanity over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, per AP. Why it matters: Bolsonaro has become the face of a right-wing approach to the pandemic…

A Brazilian Senate commission approved a damning report on Tuesday that recommends criminal charges be brought against President Jair Bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity, for his Covid policies. Seven of the panel's 11 senators voted to endorse the text -- presented last week after a six-month investigation into Brazil's pandemic…

BRASILIA — Una comisión del Senado brasileño votará el martes sobre un informe que recomienda presentar una serie de cargos penales contra el presidente Jair Bolsonaro por medidas que supuestamente provocaron la segunda cifra más alta del mundo de muertes de COVID-19. La comisión de 11 miembros investigó durante seis…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 26 Oct 2021 12:20PM · Brazil’s far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro lands in trouble with Facebook and YouTube for running an anti-vaccine video and claiming that Covid-19 jabs cause AIDS. – EPA pic, October 26, 2021. BRAZILIAN President Jair Bolsonaro found himself in social…

/ Americas Issued on: 26/10/2021 - 04:02 Facebook and YouTube took down a video by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in which he claimed that Covid-19 vaccines were associated with developing AIDS © Evaristo Sa AFP/Archivos Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro found himself in social media time-out Monday after his video warning…

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Article contentRIO DE JANEIRO — Facebook and YouTube have removed from their platforms a video by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in which the far-right leader made a false claim that COVID-19 vaccines were linked with developing AIDS. Both Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said the video, which was recorded on…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Facebook and Instagram have removed from their platforms a live broadcast that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro delivered in which he said people in the U.K. who have received two coronavirus vaccine doses are developing AIDS faster than expected. Facebook’s press office confirmed in an emailed statement…

SÃO PAULO—Brazil’s stock market has lost about $70 billion in value this week after President Jair Bolsonaro moved to fund new handouts for the poor by altering a constitutional spending cap, a cornerstone of the country’s fiscal policy. Brazil’s currency, the real, weakened to a seven-month low Friday, trading at…

You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro may have committed crimes against humanity, among other misdeeds, over the course of…