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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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The protesters, who Bolsonaro has greeted on numerous previous occasions, accuse the Supreme Court and Congress of blocking the president’s ability to govern.Bolsonaro has increasingly clashed with the Supreme Court in recent weeks.In Sao Paulo, the police only authorized simultaneous protests of Bolsonaro supporters and against the president and supporting…

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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…

SÃO PAULO—The Brazilian government is revamping how it calculates and releases data on coronavirus infections and deaths, sparking criticism that President Jair Bolsonaro is trying to hide the true extent of a pandemic that has killed more than 35,000 people.In recent days, the administration of Mr. Bolsonaro, who frequently plays…

Thousands of people in Brazil have defied a lockdown to demonstrate against what they see as threats to democracy and health under President Jair Bolsonaro. He has described the protesters as 'terrorists” and says he will continue pushing to arm ordinary Brazilians to defend the country. In Rio de Janeiro,…