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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 27 March 2020
BRAZIL: Bolsonaro’s political isolation
Brazil, like the rest of Latin America and the world, is facing a public health emergency and a looming economic recession as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Yet President Jair Bolsonaro persists in downplaying the health risks of the disease, dismissing recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the containment of the virus, and blaming the media for whipping up hysteria around the pandemic and political opponents for taking measures which will squeeze the economy dry. This is putting him out of step with leaders at different levels of government, as well as the Brazilian population as a whole.
