May 15 Brazil’s health minister resigns after one month on the job By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazil’s health minister has resigned after less than a month in office. It's a sign of continuing upheaval in the nation’s battle with the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
Apr 30 As virus cases surge, Brazil starts to worry its neighbors By Almudena Calatrava, Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press Brazil has surpassed China — where the virus began — in the official number of COVID-19 deaths this week, prompting Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro to say: “So what?"… Continue reading
Apr 29 Brazil Supreme Court suspends Federal Police nomination By Associated Press Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended the contentious appointment of the new director general of the Federal Police, delivering a fresh blow to the Brazilian leader. Continue reading
Apr 28 Bolsonaro’s latest crisis threatens Brazil’s virus response By David Biller, Marcelo de Sousa, Associated Press As Brazil careens toward a full-blown public health emergency and economic meltdown, President Jair Bolsonaro has managed to add a third ingredient to the toxic mix: political crisis. Continue reading
Apr 27 Brazil may be the next big hot spot as other nations ease up By David Biller, Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Adam Geller, Associated Press Brazil is emerging as potentially the next big hot spot for the coronavirus amid President Jair Bolsonaro's insistence that it is just "a little flu" and that there is no need for the sharp restrictions that have slowed the infection's… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 4:21 Brazil’s people fear a COVID-19 threat their president denies By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin How does a country mobilize to fight COVID-19 when its own president says the virus isn’t a serious matter? Brazil is in the process of finding out, as President Jair Bolsonaro prioritizes Latin America’s largest economy in the face of… Continue watching
Apr 20 Brazil’s Bolsonaro seeks end to social isolation measures By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press The Brazilian president favors a less restrictive model in which only those in high-risk groups would be quarantined at home until the end of the outbreak. Continue reading
Mar 26 Brazil’s governors rise up against Bolsonaro’s outbreak stance By Mauricio Savarese, David Biller, Associated Press Bolsonaro contends that the clampdown already ordered by many governors will deeply wound Brazil's already beleaguered economy and spark social unrest. Continue reading
Feb 06 Brazil judge rejects hacking accusation against journalist Glenn Greenwald By Mauricio Savarese, David Biller, Associated Press A judge in Brazil has dismissed accusations that U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald was involved in hacking phones of officials, following weeks of criticism that his prosecution would infringe on constitutional protections for the press. Continue reading
Feb 05 Former evangelical missionary to lead Brazil’s isolated indigenous unit By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press In recent interviews, Dias said he would not seek to evangelize indigenous groups. But activists have expressed concern that he would try to do that, just as he did during his years with the New Tribes nonprofit group. Continue reading