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LatinNews Daily - 16 April 2020
BRAZIL: STF blocks Bolsonaro as tensions mount in gov’t
On 15 April, Brazil’s supreme court (STF) ruled that states and municipalities have the authority to implement isolation and quarantine measures during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, rendering ineffective President Jair Bolsonaro’s threat that he might seek to override such containment efforts through a presidential decree.
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