Dilma Rousseff slams the Bolsonaros' “submission to the USA, injustice to China, disrespect to Brazil” and insists "a pandemic is beaten with information and cooperation, not with ignorance and xenophobia.”
http://www.brasilwire.com/rousseff-submission-to-the-usa-injustice-to-china-disrespect-to-brazil/Rousseff: “Submission to the USA, Injustice to China, Disrespect...
“A Pandemic is beaten with information and cooperation, not with ignorance and xenophobia.” By Dilma Rousseff The country most severely affected by the coronavirus, China, managed to overcome the acute phase of the epidemic after the enormous sacrifice of its people, with thousands of lost lives...
As Covid-19 catastrophe grows, Evangelical Missionaries target...
“The doors are now open”: indigenous people denounce missionaries targeting uncontacted tribes. By Survival International. March 11, 2020 The NTM in Brazil unveil their new helicopter for reaching uncontacted tribes in the Javari Valley © NTM Missionaries targeting uncontacted tribes in Brazil...
São Paulo, the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere and home to 22 million people, could be a "perfect storm" for the Covid-19 Pandemic.
http://www.brasilwire.com/sao-paulo-perfect-storm-for-covid-19/São Paulo: Perfect Storm for Covid-19
Amid rumours that governor is lying about death count, Mayor Bruno Covas’ state of emergency seems too timid to prevent a catastrophe By Brian Mier On Tuesday, March 17, with 240 confirmed cases and 4 deaths officially registered in the city, São Paulo mayor Bruno Covas declared a state of...
After expelling Cuban Medics, Brazil now requests their help to...
Brazil’s far-right government requested the return of thousands of Cuban doctors to help fight the coronavirus. Months ago, President Jair Bolsonaro smeared the doctors as “terrorists” and expelled them. By Ben Norton The coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the health infrastructure of...
Covid-19: Brazil closes land borders with 8 countries
By João Frey/Congresso em foco Brazil’s federal government published an ordinance late Thursday morning (19th March) preventing the entry of foreigners from eight Latin American countries. The rule, which is valid for 15 days, prohibits the entry of people from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia...
Self-Isolation versus Fascism: “We are watching Bolsonaro’s presidential mandate evaporate in real time.”
http://www.brasilwire.com/self-isolating-brazil-is-bringing-down-a-president/Self-Isolating Brazil is bringing down its hated President
“We are watching Bolsonaro’s presidential mandate evaporate in real time.” – Brasil Wire 18/3/2020 The infamous Panelaço, the form of protest where people bang pots and pans from their windows, with their screams and demands echoing from building to building, has returned to Brazil. Watchers of...
Bloomberg surrogate was PR guru for Brazil’s extreme-right leader...
Former Michael Bloomberg aide Arick Wierson, who is pushing the billionaire’s 2020 presidential campaign and attacking Bernie Sanders, helped elect far-right demagogue Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. By Ben Norton. A Michael Bloomberg surrogate pumping up the billionaire’s 2020 campaign for president...
No Bishops, no Captains: Rio Carnaval versus the Far-Right. By Gabriel Deslandes.
https://www.brasilwire.com/no-bishops-no-captains-rio-carnaval-vs-the-far-right/No bishops, no captains: Rio Carnaval vs the Far Right
This year’s Rio de Janeiro carnaval parade, which will take place on February 23rd and 24th, shows sings of being one of its most political ever, as voices of Rio’s black population rise up against the religious, social and economic persecution of the right wing extremist Jair Bolsonaro...
