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Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN)Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Saturday to voice their frustrations with President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the Covid-19 crisis, in what appeared to be the largest protests the country has seen since the pandemic began last year. Demonstrators in some of the country's…

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World Demonstrators in Brazil burn a doll representing President Jair Bolsonaro during a rally in Rio de Janeiro on May 29, 2021 AFP/Andre Borges 30 May 2021 06:05AM (Updated: 30 May 2021 10:22AM) RIO DE JANEIRO: Tens of thousands of people in Brazil staged another day of protest against President…

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro visited two indigenous reservations in the Amazon on Thursday for the first time as head of state, despite protests from some tribal leaders against his drive to open up their protected lands to commercial mining. Bolsonaro, flanked by army officers and wearing a feather head-dress, watched…

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro listens to national anthem next to a Tukano indigenous person in the Balaio reservation in the Upper Rio Negro river region of Amazonas state, bordering Colombia and Venezuela, near Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brasil May 27, 2021. Marcos Correa/Handout via REUTERS 
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Jair Bolsonaro faces mounting public pressure and a Senate inquiry into his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a COVID-19 sceptic who has refused to enact public health measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus, has been fined for failing to adhere to health safety…

(RNS) — On the day before Easter Sunday, Kassio Nunes Marques, Brazil’s newest Supreme Federal Court justice, appointed just months before by President Jair Bolsonaro, allowed houses of worship across the COVID-19-ravaged country to hold worship services indoors, claiming the bans put in place by mayors and governors on religious…

Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has launched a futures contract that allows Brazilian voters and traders in jurisdictions where the platform is available to bet on the outcome of Brazil’s next presidential election. With health and financial crises looming in the country, Jair Bolsonaro’s second term as head of state is…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — For most of this month, intensive care units across Brazil were at or near capacity amid a crush of COVID-19 patients, and sedatives needed to intubate patients dwindled. The nation’s biggest cemetery had so many corpses to bury that gravediggers worked hours past sundown. But…

A Senate inquiry into the Brazilian government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic kicked off on Tuesday, with lawmakers launching what may be a major headache for President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of next year's election. Nearly 400,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Brazil, the second-highest death toll in the world…