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London (CNN Business)Strongman leaders around the world are using the coronavirus crisis to stifle journalists, a leading press freedom watchdog has warned, as it bemoaned a missed opportunity to highlight the severity of the outbreak in its early days in Wuhan, China.Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticized China for censoring early…

Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, has come out in public to support hundreds of people defending military rule and protesting against stay-at-home orders issued by state governors to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The crowd of about 600 people gathered in front of the army's headquarters in…

In a head-spinning political maneuver, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined demonstrations held in Brasilia on Sunday to protest coronavirus-related lockdowns and to call for a military coup. Political observers say the protesters were right-wing Bolsonaro supporters who called for military intervention on behalf of the president because they view the…

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has defended his decision to fire his former health minister, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, after they clashed over his approach to tackling the COVID-19 crisis. At the inauguration of his new health minister, Bolsonaro doubled down on his plan to end restrictions and reopen Brazil's economy. Al…

Trump's latest tweets about the coronavirus lockdown protests are another test for Twitter and Facebook. Image by Pixabay/Illustration by CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Twitter said Friday that President Donald Trump's tweets calling for the liberation of three states…

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, whose dismissive stance toward the COVID-19 pandemic has angered health experts, fired his popular health minister following a series of disagreements over the proper response to contain its spread in South America's most populous country. Luiz Henrique Mandetta, an orthopedist, garnered support for his handling of the…

Indigenous peoples in Brazil's Amazon region are at increased risk in a COVID-19 outbreak.PHOTO: LUCAS FERRANTEAs coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads through Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied the severity of the pandemic and broadcasted misleading information and mixed messages about how to respond, advocating for hydroxychloroquine use and…

Wearing masks, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, centre, holds a piece of paper as Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, left, speaks to Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta, during a press conference on the new coronavirus Brazil's Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Health Secretary Wanderson de Oliveira has resigned, as tensions between…

The Brazilian government has underreported the number of COVID-19 cases as much as 12 times, a study by the Brazilian Center for Health Operations and Intelligence found. There has been a struggle between the country's president, who wants to see a return to normalcy, and state and local officials who want…

Scammers are creating hundreds of shady websites to trick people searching for information about certain drugs with shaky links to COVID-19 treatment, according to a new report.President Trump has repeatedly promoted antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as coronavirus treatments, but scientists say it's too soon to tell whether the treatment…